Alert archive / Special Weather Statements
Special Weather Statements in the United States, 2020
46,604 special weather statements in 2020. 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
- 46,604
- Busiest month
- July11,128 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- June 21, 2020637 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.
- Texas3,665
- Florida3,575
- Georgia2,789
- North Carolina2,397
- Kansas1,862
- Alabama1,827
- Oklahoma1,749
- New York1,691
- Virginia1,578
- Kentucky1,441
- Mississippi1,426
- Louisiana1,359
- Tennessee1,341
- South Carolina1,319
- Montana1,303
- Nebraska1,245
- Ohio1,222
- Colorado1,164
- Pennsylvania1,102
- Minnesota1,089
- Arkansas1,072
- Wisconsin983
- Wyoming830
- New Mexico802
- Indiana698
- Missouri640
- Michigan634
- North Dakota593
- South Dakota571
- West Virginia566
- Illinois564
- Arizona536
- Idaho533
- California468
- Iowa433
- Massachusetts376
- Vermont291
- New Jersey290
- Maine278
- New Hampshire249
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.