Alert archive

Weather alerts in Oregon

34,276 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
34,276
Warnings
9,521
Watches
4,371
Advisories
16,767
Busiest year
20122,114 alerts
Average year
857over 40 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 Warning1,840
Tornado Warning38
Severe Thunderstorm Watch54
Tornado Watch1
Mesoscale Discussion324
Special Weather Statement3,085
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning106
Flash Flood Warning289
River Flood Warning593
Flash Flood Watch112
Flood Watch167
River Flood Watch207
Areal Flood Advisory448
River Flood Advisory5
River Flood Statement1
Winter
Blizzard Warning23
Heavy Snow Warning71
Ice Storm Warning34
Winter Storm Warning557
Blizzard Watch4
Winter Storm Watch483
Blowing Snow Advisory2
Freezing Rain Advisory107
Snow Advisory280
Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory41
Winter Weather Advisory1,723
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning68
Extreme Heat Warning9
Excessive Heat Watch66
Extreme Heat Watch15
Heat Advisory254
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning2
Freeze Warning639
Hard Freeze Warning10
Wind Chill Warning8
Extreme Cold Watch1
Freeze Watch272
Wind Chill Watch4
Cold Weather Advisory26
Frost Advisory632
Wind Chill Advisory9
Wind and dust
Blowing Dust Warning1
Dust Storm Warning4
High Wind Warning706
High Wind Watch541
Blowing Dust Advisory37
Dust Storm Advisory7
Wind Advisory1,477
Fire
Red Flag Warning1,018
Fire Weather Watch709
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory166
Dense Fog Advisory984
Dense Smoke Advisory8
Freezing Fog Advisory284
Air Stagnation Outlook8
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning11
High Surf Warning98
Tsunami Warning1
Coastal Flood Watch8
Tsunami Watch1
Coastal Flood Advisory87
High Surf Advisory412
Tsunami Advisory4
Beach Hazards Statement181
Marine
Gale Warning1,639
Hazardous Seas Warning1,324
Hurricane Force Wind Warning14
Special Marine Warning200
Storm Warning218
Gale Watch1,029
Hazardous Seas Watch554
Hurricane Force Wind Watch3
Storm Watch140
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory2
Marine Dense Fog Advisory85
Small Craft Advisory2,720
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas2,331
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar2,001
Small Craft Advisory for Winds2,635
Marine Weather Statement18

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 20, 1:35 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningMFR47 hr
Sep 17, 3:31 AM PDTRed Flag WarningBOIBaker, Harney, Lake, Malheur16 hr
Sep 16, 7:20 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFRJackson25 min
Sep 16, 7:15 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFRJackson30 min
Sep 16, 5:41 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFRJackson34 min
Sep 13, 8:32 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningMFR50 hr
Sep 9, 12:07 PM PDTHazardous Seas WarningMFR25 hr
Sep 8, 12:00 AM PDTHazardous Seas WarningMFR29 hr
Sep 6, 10:04 AM PDTFreeze WarningMFRKlamath, Lake23 hr
Sep 3, 12:20 PM PDTTornado WarningPQRColumbia25 min
Sep 1, 1:40 AM PDTGale WarningMFR41 hr
Sep 1, 12:37 AM PDTGale WarningPQR40 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.