U.S. Severe Weather Map

Updated: 5:25 AM 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

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:

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

Flood Advisory:

Chicot, Desha

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American Samoa

Flood Watch / Flood Statement:

Manua, Tutuila and Aunuu

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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

Frost Advisory:

Central Sacramento Valley, Northern Sacramento Valley, Northern San Joaquin Valley, Southern Sacramento Valley

Record Report:

Cadiz Basin, Death Valley National Park, Eastern Mojave Desert, Including the Mojave National Preserve, Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County, Morongo Basin, Owens Valley, San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley, Western Mojave Desert, White Mountains of Inyo County

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Colorado

Public Information Statement:

Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Ft, Animas River Basin, Boulder and Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County, Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County, Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties, Central and South Weld County, Central and Southeast Park County, Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Ft, Central Colorado River Basin, Central Gunnison and Uncompahgre River Basin, Central Yampa River Basin, Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Ft, Crowley County, Debeque to Silt Corridor, 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, 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, La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Ft, La Junta Vicinity/Otero County, Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County, Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet, Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County, Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County, Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Ft, 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, 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, Northwestern San Juan Mountains, Paradox Valley/Little Dolores River, Phillips County, PIkes Peak above 11000 Ft, Pueblo and Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Ft, Roan and Tavaputs Plateaus, Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft, Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Ft, 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, Southern San Luis Valley, Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Ft, Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Ft, Southwest San Juan Mountains, 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, Uncompahgre Plateau/Dallas Divide, Upper Gunnison River Valley, Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below 10000 Ft, Upper Yampa River Basin, Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft, Washington County, West Elk and Sawatch Mountains, West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet, 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

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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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Florida

Coastal Flood Statement:

Coastal Broward County, Coastal Miami Dade County, Coastal Palm Beach County

Coastal Flood Watch:

Coastal Escambia, Coastal Okaloosa, Coastal Santa Rosa

Wind Advisory:

Monroe/Lower Keys, Monroe/Middle Keys, Monroe/Upper Keys

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Georgia

Frost Advisory:

Elbert, Hart

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Idaho

Winter Storm Warning:

Central Panhandle Mountains, Northern Panhandle

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Illinois

Flood Warning:

Peoria, Tazewell, Brown, Cass, Woodford, Fulton, Mason, Pike, Scott, Randolph, Morgan, Bureau, Schuyler, La Salle, Marshall, Jersey, Alexander, Putnam, 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, Louisa, Muscatine, Cedar

Public Information Statement:

Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Dickinson, Emmet, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Ida, Jasper, Kossuth, Lucas, Lyon, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Sac, Sioux, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Wapello, Warren, Wayne, Webster, Winnebago, Woodbury, Worth, Wright

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Kentucky

Flood Warning:

Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman

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Louisiana

Flood Warning:

Coastal Flood Watch:

Cameron, 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, Vermilion

Flood Advisory:

East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, Concordia

Coastal Flood Statement:

Iberia, Lower St. Martin, St. Mary

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Maryland

Public Information Statement:

Dorchester, Inland Worcester, Maryland Beaches, Somerset, Wicomico

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Michigan

Dense Fog Advisory:

Allegan, Clare, Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa

Record Report:

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Minnesota

Flood Warning:

Clay

Public Information Statement:

Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock

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Mississippi

Coastal Flood Watch:

Hancock, Harrison, Jackson

Flood Advisory:

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

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Missouri

Flood Warning:

St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Jefferson, Perry, Mississippi, Scott

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Montana

Winter Storm Warning:

Kootenai/Cabinet Region, Lower Clark Fork Region, West Glacier Region

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Nebraska

Record Report:

Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Custer, Deuel, Eastern Cherry, Frontier, Garden, Garfield, Grant, Hayes, Holt, Hooker, Keith, Keya Paha, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, McPherson, Perkins, Rock, Sheridan, Thomas, Western Cherry, Wheeler

Public Information Statement:

Dakota, Dixon

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Nevada

Record Report:

Esmeralda and Central Nye County, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Las Vegas Valley, Lincoln County, Northeast Clark County, Sheep Range, Southern Clark County, Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon, Western Clark and Southern Nye County

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New Jersey

Record Report:

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

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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

Frost Advisory:

Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Union

Public Information Statement:

Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Eastern Currituck, Gates, Herford, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Western Currituck

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North Dakota

Record Report:

Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn, Emmons, Foster, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger, Kidder, La Moure, Logan, McHenry, McIntosh, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Oliver, Pierce, Renville, Rolette, Sheridan, Sioux, Slope, Stark, Stutsman, Ward, Wells, Williams

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Oklahoma

Record Report:

Beaver, Cimarron, Texas

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Oregon

High Surf Advisory:

Central Oregon Coast, North Oregon Coast

High Surf Warning:

Curry County Coast, South Central Oregon Coast

Winter Weather Advisory:

Cascades in Lane County, Northern Oregon Cascades

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South Carolina

Frost Advisory:

Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Newberry, Union, York

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South Dakota

Flood Warning:

Spink

Public Information Statement:

Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Gregory, Hanson, Hutchinson, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Sanborn, Turner, Union, Yankton

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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, San Jacinto, Walker, Chambers, Liberty, Newton, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby

Coastal Flood Watch:

Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Orange

Coastal Flood Statement:

Aransas, Calhoun, Coastal Cameron, Coastal Willacy, Harris, Kenedy, Kleberg, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio

Dense Fog Advisory:

Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Medina, Travis, Uvalde, Williamson

Record Report:

Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Wheeler

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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

High Surf Advisory:

South Washington Coast

Winter Weather Advisory:

Olympics, South Washington Cascades, West Slopes Central Cascades and Passes, West Slopes Northern Cascades and Passes

Winter Storm Warning:

Northeast Mountains

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Wisconsin

Record Report:

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