Alert archive

Weather alerts in Ohio

68,407 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
68,407
Warnings
34,177
Watches
3,162
Advisories
10,135
Busiest year
20263,912 alerts
Average year
1,668over 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 Warning20,014
Tornado Warning2,017
Severe Thunderstorm Watch995
Tornado Watch267
Mesoscale Discussion2,881
Special Weather Statement17,704
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning1,562
Flash Flood Warning4,104
Hydrologic Warning1
River Flood Warning2,732
Flash Flood Watch381
Flood Watch443
River Flood Watch218
Areal Flood Advisory4,365
River Flood Advisory147
Winter
Blizzard Warning8
Heavy Snow Warning10
Ice Storm Warning19
Lake Effect Snow Warning89
Snow Squall Warning100
Winter Storm Warning274
Blizzard Watch2
Lake Effect Snow Watch45
Winter Storm Watch260
Blowing Snow Advisory3
Freezing Rain Advisory117
Lake Effect Snow Advisory110
Snow Advisory44
Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory12
Winter Weather Advisory1,066
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning70
Extreme Heat Warning9
Excessive Heat Watch39
Extreme Heat Watch7
Heat Advisory345
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning8
Freeze Warning441
Hard Freeze Warning2
Wind Chill Warning38
Extreme Cold Watch9
Freeze Watch202
Hard Freeze Watch3
Wind Chill Watch19
Cold Weather Advisory51
Frost Advisory553
Wind Chill Advisory230
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning110
High Wind Watch68
Blowing Dust Advisory3
Wind Advisory648
Fire
Red Flag Warning65
Fire Weather Watch23
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory630
Freezing Fog Advisory26
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning1
Lakeshore Flood Warning40
Coastal Flood Watch3
Lakeshore Flood Watch21
Beach Hazards Statement225
Coastal Flood Statement24
Lakeshore Flood Statement3
Rip Current Statement40
Marine
Gale Warning262
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning18
Special Marine Warning2,171
Storm Warning12
Gale Watch150
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch3
Storm Watch4
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory1
Low Water Advisory228
Marine Dense Fog Advisory39
Marine Dense Smoke Advisory1
Small Craft Advisory1,514
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas2
Marine Weather Statement56

By county

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

48 more counties

The latest warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 3:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXAthens13 hr
Sep 21, 2:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXWashington16 hr
Sep 21, 1:56 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXWashington20 hr
Sep 21, 10:49 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZMonroe, Noble20 hr
Sep 21, 10:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNPike, Scioto53 hr
Sep 21, 9:00 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRLXAthens20 hr
Sep 21, 8:57 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNHocking29 hr
Sep 21, 8:31 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXAthens, Morgan, Perry, Washington7 hr
Sep 21, 5:49 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXAthens24 hr
Sep 21, 5:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXMeigs9 hr
Sep 21, 5:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPBZNoble26 hr
Sep 21, 4:54 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRLXWashington25 hr

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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.