Alert archive

Storm Surge Watches in the United States

129 storm surge watches since 1986. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of storm surge watches reaches back to 2005.

Storm Surge Watches by state

Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.

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Storm Surge Watches
129
Busiest year
202030 storm surge watches
Average year
13over 10 years on file
Busiest day
September 26, 20225 storm surge watches

Over time

By year

Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.

By month of the year

By state

Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.