Alert archive / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in the United States, 2010
488 severe thunderstorm watches in 2010. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 488
- Busiest month
- June143 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 22, 201011 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- Missouri93
- Kansas87
- Nebraska82
- Iowa77
- Illinois65
- South Dakota56
- Minnesota53
- Texas51
- Ohio46
- Pennsylvania45
- Indiana45
- Oklahoma41
- West Virginia40
- Virginia39
- North Dakota39
- Maryland34
- Kentucky31
- Montana29
- Wisconsin29
- Colorado28
- Tennessee27
- Arkansas27
- New York25
- North Carolina24
- Michigan23
- Wyoming23
- New Jersey17
- Georgia16
- Mississippi16
- District of Columbia16
- Delaware16
- Connecticut14
- New Mexico14
- South Carolina13
- Alabama12
- Massachusetts11
- Louisiana11
- New Hampshire9
- Rhode Island7
- Vermont7
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.