Alert archive / Special Weather Statements
Special Weather Statements in the United States, 2021
44,980 special weather statements in 2021. 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
- 44,980
- Busiest month
- July9,973 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- August 13, 2021559 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.
- Texas4,082
- Florida3,413
- Georgia2,713
- North Carolina1,979
- Kansas1,915
- Alabama1,804
- Colorado1,802
- New York1,678
- Oklahoma1,593
- Virginia1,529
- Pennsylvania1,366
- Nebraska1,286
- Louisiana1,274
- Mississippi1,197
- Montana1,166
- Kentucky1,157
- New Mexico1,155
- Tennessee1,140
- Arizona1,041
- South Carolina1,027
- Wisconsin974
- Ohio960
- Arkansas957
- Minnesota801
- Indiana721
- Michigan709
- Wyoming695
- West Virginia524
- Illinois502
- Idaho490
- Missouri484
- South Dakota478
- Utah429
- Maine357
- Iowa356
- North Dakota303
- Nevada276
- New Jersey268
- California265
- Massachusetts264
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.