Weather alerts in Oregon, 2016

1,872 weather alerts in 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 1,872
Warnings: 482
Watches: 231
Advisories: 1,062
Busiest month: January253 alerts
Busiest day: October 14, 201641 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

1,872 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	36
Tornado Warning	9
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	6
Special Weather Statement	85
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Warning	5
River Flood Warning	20
Flash Flood Watch	8
Flood Watch	12
River Flood Watch	7
Areal Flood Advisory	13
Winter
Ice Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	18
Winter Storm Watch	14
Freezing Rain Advisory	8
Winter Weather Advisory	96
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	3
Excessive Heat Watch	2
Heat Advisory	8
Cold
Freeze Warning	20
Freeze Watch	9
Frost Advisory	22
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	41
High Wind Watch	32
Blowing Dust Advisory	1
Wind Advisory	86
Fire
Red Flag Warning	44
Fire Weather Watch	30
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	2
Dense Fog Advisory	35
Freezing Fog Advisory	4
Coast and beach
High Surf Warning	10
Coastal Flood Advisory	2
High Surf Advisory	46
Beach Hazards Statement	6
Marine
Gale Warning	134
Hazardous Seas Warning	86
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	4
Special Marine Warning	30
Storm Warning	18
Gale Watch	86
Hazardous Seas Watch	11
Hurricane Force Wind Watch	2
Storm Watch	17
Small Craft Advisory	144
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	228
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	184
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	183

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2015 2017

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.