Alert archive / Special Weather Statements
Special Weather Statements in the United States, 2014
36,201 special weather statements in 2014. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 36,201
- Busiest month
- June8,088 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- July 14, 2014496 special weather statements
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.
- Texas3,065
- North Carolina2,365
- Georgia2,343
- Florida2,338
- Virginia1,555
- Kansas1,527
- Oklahoma1,443
- Colorado1,341
- Kentucky1,204
- Wyoming1,160
- Alabama1,019
- Nebraska984
- Mississippi917
- Tennessee893
- South Carolina886
- New York885
- Minnesota849
- Pennsylvania839
- Ohio818
- Montana806
- Arkansas786
- New Mexico755
- Indiana728
- Idaho700
- Nevada657
- Wisconsin650
- Arizona559
- Louisiana494
- Missouri482
- Iowa475
- North Dakota461
- West Virginia451
- Illinois400
- California353
- South Dakota277
- New Jersey252
- Michigan224
- Maryland218
- Massachusetts209
- Maine156
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.