Alert archive

Weather alerts in Maine

24,918 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
24,918
Warnings
7,797
Watches
2,177
Advisories
9,127
Busiest year
20181,380 alerts
Average year
608over 41 years on file

Over time

By year

Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.

By month of the year

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning3,353
Tornado Warning109
Severe Thunderstorm Watch172
Tornado Watch16
Mesoscale Discussion859
Special Weather Statement4,234
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning241
Flash Flood Warning440
River Flood Warning346
Flash Flood Watch71
Flood Watch236
River Flood Watch4
Areal Flood Advisory1,209
Winter
Blizzard Warning32
Heavy Snow Warning23
Ice Storm Warning4
Snow Squall Warning73
Winter Storm Warning423
Blizzard Watch9
Winter Storm Watch399
Blowing Snow Advisory11
Freezing Rain Advisory66
Snow Advisory65
Winter Weather Advisory1,070
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning7
Extreme Heat Warning3
Excessive Heat Watch3
Extreme Heat Watch4
Heat Advisory102
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning3
Freeze Warning137
Wind Chill Warning78
Extreme Cold Watch4
Freeze Watch30
Wind Chill Watch22
Cold Weather Advisory40
Frost Advisory371
Wind Chill Advisory275
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning156
High Wind Watch149
Wind Advisory534
Fire
Red Flag Warning76
Fire Weather Watch58
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory7
Dense Fog Advisory530
Freezing Fog Advisory1
Tropical
Inland Tropical Storm Warning2
Tropical Storm Warning16
Hurricane Watch4
Inland Tropical Storm Watch3
Tropical Storm Watch15
Hurricane Local Statement3
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning103
Coastal Flood Watch80
Coastal Flood Advisory283
High Surf Advisory92
Beach Hazards Statement346
Coastal Flood Statement338
Rip Current Statement17
Marine
Gale Warning1,333
Hazardous Seas Warning1
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning29
Hurricane Force Wind Warning12
Special Marine Warning603
Storm Warning194
Gale Watch770
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch7
Hurricane Force Wind Watch5
Storm Watch116
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory243
Marine Dense Fog Advisory1
Small Craft Advisory3,522
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas689
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar1
Small Craft Advisory for Winds15
Marine Weather Statement20

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The latest warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 1:44 PM EDTGale WarningCAR21 hr
Aug 28, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXSomerset20 min
Aug 28, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot50 min
Aug 28, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis51 min
Aug 28, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARAroostook45 min
Aug 28, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis33 min
Aug 28, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis48 min
Aug 28, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis43 min
Aug 28, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPenobscot, Piscataquis46 min
Aug 28, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXAndroscoggin, Oxford42 min
Aug 28, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCARPiscataquis41 min
Aug 27, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGYXOxford48 min

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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. Rebuilt daily.