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Map Phenomena States Warning Summary Warning Counties Warning End Map
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severe thunderstorm
CO
AT 344 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF PARACHUTE, OR 32 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND JUNCTION, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Garfield 2022-09-30 22:15:00 UTC show me
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tornado
NC
AT 543 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SHILOH, OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEEKSVILLE, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.  
show me the full warning 		Camden / Currituck / Pasquotank 2022-09-30 22:15:00 UTC show me
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tornado
NC
At 520 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles southeast of Old Trap, or 8 miles southwest of Grandy, moving northwest at 25 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Camden / Currituck / Pasquotank EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
CO
At 317 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 20 miles northwest of De Beque, or 26 miles north of Grand Junction, moving northeast at 40 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Garfield / Mesa / Rio Blanco EXPIRED show me
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special marine
At 501 PM AST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located around 15-20 miles off to the northwest of Aguadilla, moving north at 10-15 knots.  
show me the full warning 		EXPIRED show me
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tornado
NC
At 419 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Tuscarora, or 9 miles west of New Bern, moving northwest at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Craven / Jones EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
UT
At 125 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles east of Capitol Reef National Park, moving east at 20 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Garfield / Wayne EXPIRED show me
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tornado
NC
At 321 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Aurora Ferry Terminal, or 16 miles southeast of River Road, moving northwest at 35 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Beaufort EXPIRED show me
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tornado
NC
At 245 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Whortonsville, or 16 miles west of Cedar Island, moving northwest at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Beaufort / Pamlico EXPIRED show me
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tornado
NC
At 1221 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 8 miles southeast of Holden Beach, moving northwest at 55 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Brunswick EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
CA
At 158 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hwy S22 Between Ranchita and Borrego Springs, or 7 miles southwest of Borrego Springs, moving south at 5 mph.  
show me the full warning 		San Diego EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
ID
At 246 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles north of Wayan, moving northeast at 30 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Bingham / Bonneville / Teton EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
MT
At 242 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Drummond, moving north at 15 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Granite EXPIRED show me
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tornado
FL
At 1021 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Ormond-By-the-Sea, moving northwest at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Volusia EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
UT
At 800 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northwest of Salt Lake City International Airport, or 15 miles northwest of Salt Lake City, moving northeast at 30 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Box Elder / Davis / Salt Lake / Tooele / Weber EXPIRED show me
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extreme wind
FL
At 727 PM EDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated extreme winds, associated with the eyewall of Hurricane Ian, was 11 miles southeast of Arcadia, moving northeast at 10 mph. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION!  
show me the full warning 		Charlotte / DeSoto / Hardee / Highlands / Polk EXPIRED show me
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extreme wind
FL
At 526 PM EDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated extreme winds, associated with the eyewall of Hurricane Ian, were moving onshore over Charlotte County Airport, or near Punta Gorda. the hurricane eyewall was moving slowly northeast at 5 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION!  
show me the full warning 		Charlotte / DeSoto / Hardee / Highlands / Lee / Manatee / Sarasota EXPIRED show me
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extreme wind
FL
At 303 PM EDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated extreme winds, associated with the eyewall of Hurricane Ian, were moving onshore near North Port, moving northeast at 5 mph. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION!  
show me the full warning 		Charlotte / DeSoto / Lee / Manatee / Sarasota EXPIRED show me
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tornado
FL
At 252 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 9 miles southeast of Holopaw, moving northwest at 25 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Osceola EXPIRED show me
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tornado
FL
At 232 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles northeast of Kenansville, moving north at 20 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Brevard / Osceola EXPIRED show me

If you're looking for older warnings, we now have an experimental tornado warning archive for today's tornado warnings and the past 48 hours of warnings.

Older warnings are coming soon.

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Tornado watches are red. Severe thunderstorm watches are blue.

things you should know about this experimental live-updating page

  1. Warnings are delayed. If you are currently affected by severe storms, you should also be paying attention to a local source of information (tv, radio, etc), or have a weather radio, because information on this site can be delayed enough that it could cause you to lose valuable lead time.
  2. The map sometimes breaks in odd ways. At this time, I'm not sure of the actual cause, but every so often, the mapping software will basically lose track of the actual center of the map. It's most obvious when part of the map is black (it's not loading the background). Also, you may notice this bug when you zoom to a specific location or warning, and the map is not centered properly.

    How to fix: The easiest thing is to reload the page. Otherwise, you can try the following to get the map to fix itself:

    1. enter/exit fullscreen map mode
    2. resize the browser window (if a desktop)
    3. change the orientation of the screen (if a tablet/mobile device)
    4. add a new location marker (you can delete the new marker later)

  3. There is experimental voice notifications support. To my knowledge, this only works in the Chrome and Safari browsers. Chrome's default English voice will randomly stop with long text, so I've tried to break up the text into smaller chunks so this doesn't happen. However, this can lead to awkward pauses when it's speaking.
  4. There is now support for tracking custom locations. If you have voice notifications enabled, it will tell you which locations are impacted when it reads new warnings.
  5. Radar on the map will automatically refresh every 5 minutes.
  6. This page is under active development. And things tend to break. A lot. If you think something is wrong, you can reload the page. You can also use the normal severe weather map page which has the same data but does not automatically update.

Remember to check out severe weather outlook for more severe weather and cyclocane for hurricanes.

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