Weather alerts in Oregon, 2012

2,114 weather alerts in 2012, 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 in 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 2,114
Warnings: 585
Watches: 349
Advisories: 1,070
Busiest month: March307 alerts
Busiest day: January 19, 201245 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

2,114 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.

By product

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

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	62
Tornado Warning	2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	19
Special Weather Statement	90
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	10
Flash Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	71
Flash Flood Watch	1
Flood Watch	20
River Flood Watch	44
Areal Flood Advisory	44
Winter
Blizzard Warning	4
Ice Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	35
Blizzard Watch	1
Winter Storm Watch	29
Freezing Rain Advisory	5
Winter Weather Advisory	105
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Excessive Heat Watch	2
Heat Advisory	5
Cold
Freeze Warning	39
Freeze Watch	17
Frost Advisory	49
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	58
High Wind Watch	54
Blowing Dust Advisory	2
Wind Advisory	96
Fire
Red Flag Warning	53
Fire Weather Watch	32
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	3
Dense Fog Advisory	16
Freezing Fog Advisory	9
Air Stagnation Outlook	1
Coast and beach
High Surf Warning	13
Coastal Flood Advisory	7
High Surf Advisory	30
Tsunami Advisory	1
Marine
Gale Warning	121
Hazardous Seas Warning	63
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	6
Special Marine Warning	16
Storm Warning	28
Gale Watch	77
Hazardous Seas Watch	49
Storm Watch	20
Small Craft Advisory	2
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	232
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	166
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	298

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2011 2013

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.