Alert archive

Rip Current Statements in the United States

7,179 rip current statements since 1986. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of rip current statements reaches back to 2005.

Rip Current Statements by state

Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFLPR
Rip Current Statements
7,179
Busiest year
2022634 rip current statements
Average year
422over 17 years on file
Busiest day
September 21, 202310 rip current statements

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 state

Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. September 21, 202310rip current statements
  2. September 12, 20209rip current statements
  3. May 9, 20228rip current statements
  4. August 28, 20238rip current statements
  5. September 5, 20167rip current statements
  6. September 16, 20197rip current statements
  7. May 21, 20207rip current statements
  8. July 31, 20207rip current statements
  9. September 19, 20207rip current statements
  10. January 8, 20227rip current statements
  11. March 30, 20237rip current statements
  12. April 2, 20257rip current statements
  13. September 5, 20116rip current statements
  14. September 8, 20126rip current statements
  15. January 8, 20166rip current statements

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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.