Alert archive / Special Weather Statements / 2026
Special Weather Statements in the United States, April 2026
3,212 special weather statements in April 2026. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The last few weeks are still filling in as offices finish their follow-ups. 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
- 3,212
- Busiest day
- April 1, 2026275 special weather statements
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- Florida3,577
- Texas3,555
- Georgia3,039
- North Carolina2,202
- Oklahoma1,958
- Alabama1,926
- Colorado1,663
- Kentucky1,510
- Mississippi1,362
- Montana1,353
- Arkansas1,324
- Louisiana1,317
- South Carolina1,267
- Ohio1,249
- Kansas1,244
- Nebraska1,089
- Tennessee1,078
- New Mexico1,066
- Virginia1,063
- Indiana875
- Wyoming841
- West Virginia769
- Michigan713
- Idaho660
- Utah636
- Wisconsin616
- South Dakota545
- California491
- New York484
- Missouri483
- Nevada412
- Pennsylvania411
- North Dakota318
- Illinois303
- Minnesota279
- Arizona237
- Oregon225
- Washington205
- Iowa179
- Maryland106
Nearby
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.