Alert archive / Gale Watches / 2026
Gale Watches in the United States, May 2026
27 gale watches in May 2026. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The last few weeks are still filling in as offices finish their follow-ups. The archive of gale watches reaches back to 2005.
Gale Watches by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Gale Watches
- 27
- Busiest day
- May 28, 20265 gale watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.