Alert archive / High Wind Watches

High Wind Watches in the United States, 2026

253 high wind watches in 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.

High Wind Watches by state

Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.

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High Wind Watches
253
Busiest month
March87 high wind watches
Busiest day
March 13, 202619 high wind watches

Over time

By month

By state

Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 13, 202619high wind watches
  2. January 14, 202614high wind watches
  3. March 12, 202612high wind watches
  4. February 15, 202611high wind watches
  5. March 10, 202610high wind watches
  6. February 23, 20268high wind watches
  7. March 11, 20268high wind watches
  8. March 14, 20268high wind watches
  9. February 5, 20266high wind watches
  10. March 6, 20266high wind watches
  11. January 6, 20265high wind watches
  12. May 12, 20265high wind watches
  13. January 4, 20264high wind watches
  14. February 17, 20264high wind watches
  15. February 18, 20264high wind watches

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.