Alert archive / Severe Thunderstorm Watches

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in the United States, 2023

543 severe thunderstorm watches in 2023. 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.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watches
543
Busiest month
June146 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
June 14, 202311 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.

7 more states

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 14, 202311severe thunderstorm watches
  2. July 29, 202311severe thunderstorm watches
  3. June 16, 202310severe thunderstorm watches
  4. June 26, 202310severe thunderstorm watches
  5. June 29, 202310severe thunderstorm watches
  6. May 7, 20239severe thunderstorm watches
  7. June 25, 20239severe thunderstorm watches
  8. June 27, 20239severe thunderstorm watches
  9. July 13, 20239severe thunderstorm watches
  10. July 20, 20239severe thunderstorm watches
  11. July 21, 20239severe thunderstorm watches
  12. April 5, 20238severe thunderstorm watches
  13. June 11, 20238severe thunderstorm watches
  14. July 2, 20238severe thunderstorm watches
  15. August 12, 20238severe thunderstorm watches

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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.