U.S. Severe Weather Map

Updated: 4:50 PM GMT on November 08, 2009 — Edit My Time Zone

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Weather Warning Legend:

- Tornado Warning
A tornado warning is issued when a funnel cloud has been spotted or a rotating thunderstorm has been indicated by doppler radar.

- Tornado Watch
A tornado watch is issued when thunderstorms in and near the watch box area may produce tornadoes.

- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
A severe thunderstorm warning is issued when a storm with any of these severe weather criteria is approaching the warning area:

Hail 3/4 of an inch or greater
Winds greater than 58 mph
Recent history of tree, telephone pole, or other structural damage

- Severe Thunderstorm Watch
A severe thunderstorm watch is issued when there is a possibility that thunderstorms in and near the watch box area may produce the following severe weather conditions:

Hail 3/4 of an inch or greater
Winds greater than 58 mph

- Winter Weather Statement
A winter weather advisory is issued when significant accumulations of snow, sleet, or freezing rain may affect the advisory area.

- High Wind Advisory
A high wind advisory is issued when sustained winds of 31 mph or greater are expected to occur for at least 1 hour. This advisory can also be issued if winds of 46 mph or greater are expected for any length of time.

- Flood Warning
A flood warning is issued when flooding is occuring or is about to occur.

- Flood Watch / Flood Statement
A flood watch is issued when flooding is possible in the watch area.

- Hurricane Local Statement
This statement is issued when it is necessary to inform the public of hurricane or tropical storm watches and warnings. These statements contain detailed information of when and what adverse conditions to expect as a result of the tropical system affecting the statement area.

- Heat Advisory
A heat advisory is issued when the heat index is expected to exceed 105 °F (100 °F in New York City) or if nighttime lows are expected to be greater than 80 °F for two or more nights.

- Dense Fog Advisory
A dense fog advisory is issued when fog that reduces visibility to 1/4 mile or less is possible in the advisory area.

- Fire Weather Advisory
A fire weather advisory is issued when dry conditions in the advisory area result in a situation where forest or brush fires are possible.

- Hurricane Watch
A Hurricane Watch means hurricane conditions are possible in the next 24 hours.

- Hurricane Warning
A Hurricane Warning means hurricane conditions are expected in the next 24 hours.

- Tropical Storm Watch
A Tropical Storm warning means tropical storm conditions are possible in the next 24 hours.

- Tropical Storm Warning
A Tropical Storm warning means tropical storm conditions are expected in the next 24 hours.

	U.S. Warnings by County

Alabama

Coastal Flood Watch:

Lower Baldwin, Lower Mobile

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Alaska

High Surf Advisory:

Yukon Delta

Areal Flood Advisory:

Deltana and Tanana Flats

Winter Storm Watch:

Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills, Southern Seward Peninsula Coast, St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast, Yukon Delta

Record Report:

Alaska Peninsula, Anchorage, Bristol Bay, Central Aleutians, Copper River Basin, Eastern Aleutians, Kodiak Island, Kuskokwim Delta, Lower Kuskokwim Valley, Matanuska Valley, Northeast Prince William Sound, Pribilof Islands, Southeast Prince William Sound, Susitna Valley, Western Aleutians, Western Kenai Peninsula, Western Prince William Sound

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Arizona

Record Report:

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Arkansas

Flood Warning:

Randolph, Jackson, Columbia, Calhoun, White, Independence, Union, Ashley, Woodruff, Prairie, Ouachita, Arkansas, Bradley, Monroe, Lawrence

Flood Advisory:

Chicot, Desha

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California

High Surf Advisory:

Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore, Mendocino Coast, Northern Monterey Bay, Redwood Coast, San Francisco, San Francisco Peninsula Coast, San Luis Obispo County Central Coast, Santa Barbara County Central Coast, Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast

Coastal Flood Statement:

Los Angeles County Coast including Downtown Los Angeles, Ventura County Coast

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Colorado

Record Report:

Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft, Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County, Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Ft, Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Ft, Crowley County, Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft, Eastern Kiowa County, Eastern Las Animas County, Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Ft, La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, La Junta Vicinity/Otero County, Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County, Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County, Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Ft, Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft, Northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet, Northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft, Northwestern Fremont County above 8500 Ft, PIkes Peak above 11000 Ft, Pueblo and Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft, Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft, Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft, Southern San Luis Valley, Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft, Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft, Springfield Vicinity/Baca County, Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500 Ft/Pikes Peak Between 7500 And 11000 Ft, Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft, Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft, Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft, Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Ft, Western Kiowa County, Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Ft, Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Ft, Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft, Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet, Wet Mountains Above 10000 Ft, Wet Mountains Between 6300 and 10000 Ft

Public Information Statement:

Animas River Basin, Boulder and Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County, Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties, Central and South Weld County, Central and Southeast Park County, Central Colorado River Basin, Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin, Central Yampa River Basin, Cheyenne County, Debeque to Silt Corridor, Elbert/Central and East Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet, Elkhead and Park Mountains, Flattops, Four Corners/Upper Dolores River, Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys, Grand and Battlement Mesas, Grand and Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet, Grand Valley, Jackson County Below 9000 Feet, Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet, Kit Carson County, Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet, Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County, Logan County, Lower Yampa River Basin, Morgan County, North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County, North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County, Northeast Weld County, Northwestern San Juan Mountains, Paradox Valley/Little Dolores River, Phillips County, Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus, San Juan River Basin, Sedgwick County, South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/Northwest Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet, South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above 9000 Feet, Southeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/South Lincoln County, Southwest San Juan Mountains, Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide, Upper Gunnison River Valley, Upper Yampa River Basin, Washington County, West Elk and Sawatch Mountains, West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet, Yuma County

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Connecticut

Record Report:

Northern Fairfield, Northern Middlesex, Northern New Haven, Northern New London, Southern Fairfield, Southern Middlesex, Southern New Haven, Southern New London

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Delaware

Public Information Statement:

Delaware Beaches, Inland Sussex, Kent, New Castle

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Florida

Coastal Flood Statement:

Coastal Broward County, Coastal Miami Dade County, Coastal Palm Beach County, Duval, Flagler, St. Johns

Coastal Flood Watch:

Coastal Escambia, Coastal Okaloosa, Coastal Santa Rosa

Wind Advisory:

Coastal Broward County, Coastal Miami Dade County, Coastal Palm Beach County, Far South Miami-Dade County, Inland Broward County, Inland Miami-Dade County, Inland Palm Beach County, Metro Broward County, Metro Palm Beach County, Metropolitan Miami Dade, Monroe/Lower Keys, Monroe/Middle Keys, Monroe/Upper Keys

Lake Wind Advisory:

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Illinois

Flood Warning:

Peoria, Tazewell, Brown, Cass, Woodford, Fulton, Mason, Pike, Scott, Randolph, Morgan, Schuyler, Calhoun, Jersey, Alexander, Jackson, Union, Pulaski

Public Information Statement:

Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, La Salle, Lake, Lee, Livingston, McHenry, Ogle, Will, Winnebago

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Indiana

Public Information Statement:

Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter

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Iowa

Flood Warning:

Iowa, Johnson

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Kansas

Public Information Statement:

Allen, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Elk, Ellsworth, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Labette, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, McPherson, Montgomery, Neosho, Norton, Rawlins, Reno, Rice, Russell, Saline, Sedgwick, Sheridan, Sherman, Sumner, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita, Wilson, Woodson

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Kentucky

Flood Warning:

Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman

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Louisiana

Inland Tropical Wind Watch:

Lower Lafourche, Lower Terrebonne, Upper Lafourche, Upper Terrebonne

Inland Tropical Wind Watch, Hurricane Watch:

Orleans, St. Charles, St. John The Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Upper Jefferson

Inland Hurricane Wind Watch, Hurricane Watch:

Lower Jefferson, Lower Plaquemines, Lower St. Bernard, Upper Plaquemines, Upper St. Bernard

Flood Warning:

Coastal Flood Warning:

Livingston, Lower Jefferson, Lower Lafourche, Lower Plaquemines, Lower St. Bernard, Lower Terrebonne, Orleans, St. Charles, St. John The Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Upper Jefferson, Upper Plaquemines, Upper St. Bernard

Areal Flood Watch:

Lower Jefferson, Lower Lafourche, Lower Plaquemines, Lower St. Bernard, Lower Terrebonne, Orleans, St. Charles, St. John The Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Upper Jefferson, Upper Lafourche, Upper Plaquemines, Upper St. Bernard, Upper Terrebonne, Washington

Flood Advisory:

East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Concordia

Coastal Flood Statement:

Iberia, Lower St. Martin, St. Mary

Coastal Flood Watch:

Cameron, Vermilion

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Maryland

Public Information Statement:

Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Inland Worcester, Kent, Maryland Beaches, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico

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Michigan

Record Report:

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Minnesota

Flood Warning:

Clay

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Mississippi

Inland Hurricane Wind Watch, Hurricane Watch:

Hancock, Harrison, Jackson

Inland Tropical Wind Watch:

Pearl River

Coastal Flood Warning:

Hancock, Harrison, Jackson

Areal Flood Watch:

Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall

Flood Advisory:

Bolivar, Washington, Claiborne, Jefferson, Issaquena, Adams, Wilkinson, Warren

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Missouri

Flood Warning:

Cape Girardeau, Perry, Mississippi, Scott

Public Information Statement:

Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Hickory, Howell, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, Maries, McDonald, Miller, Morgan, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski, Shannon, St. Clair, Stone, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Webster, Wright

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Montana

Lake Wind Advisory:

Central and Southern Valley, Garfield, McCone

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Nebraska

Public Information Statement:

Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow

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New Jersey

Record Report:

Bergen, Eastern Passaic, Essex, Hudson, Union, Western Passaic

Public Information Statement:

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New York

Record Report:

Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, New York (Manhattan), Northeast Suffolk, Northern Westchester, Northwest Suffolk, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Is.), Rockland, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Westchester, Southwest Suffolk

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North Carolina

Public Information Statement:

Alleghany, Ashe, Bertie, Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Eastern Currituck, Gates, Herford, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Western Currituck, Wilkes, Yadkin

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Oregon

High Surf Advisory:

Curry County Coast, South Central Oregon Coast

Winter Weather Advisory:

Northern Oregon Cascades

Record Report:

Cascade Foothills in Lane County, Cascades in Lane County, Central Coast Range of Western Oregon, Central Oregon Coast, Central Willamette Valley, Coast Range of Northwest Oregon, Greater Portland Metro Area, Lower Columbia, North Oregon Coast, Northern Oregon Cascade Foothills, Northern Oregon Cascades, South Willamette Valley, Upper Hood River Valley, Western Columbia River Gorge

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Pennsylvania

Public Information Statement:

Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia

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South Dakota

Flood Warning:

Spink

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Texas

Flood Warning:

Cass, Marion, Anderson, Bowie, Freestone, Leon, Jasper, Tyler, Smith, Wood, Gregg, Upshur, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Cherokee, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus, Houston, Trinity, Angelina, Polk, Orange, Newton, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby

Coastal Flood Warning:

Galveston

Coastal Flood Watch:

Brazoria, Chambers, Jefferson, Orange

Coastal Flood Statement:

Aransas, Calhoun, Harris, Kleberg, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio

Coastal Flood Advisory, Coastal Flood Watch:

Coastal Cameron, Coastal Willacy, Kenedy

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Utah

Public Information Statement:

Arches/Grand Flat, Canyonlands/Natural Bridges, Eastern Uinta Basin, Eastern Uinta Mountains, La Sal and Abajo Mountains, Southeast Utah, Tavaputs Plateau

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Virginia

Public Information Statement:

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Washington

Winter Weather Advisory:

South Washington Cascades

Record Report:

Greater Vancouver Area, Lower Columbia and I - 5 Corridor in Cowlitz County, South Washington Cascade Foothills, South Washington Cascades, South Washington Coast, Western Columbia River Gorge, Willapa Hills

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West Virginia

Public Information Statement:

Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers

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Wisconsin

Record Report:

Public Information Statement:

Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha

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