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Warnings Valid at: 09 Jul 2025 03:58 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:45 PM by SHV (15)
Angelina, Nacogdoches, Cherokee, in TX

VTEC# 357 (NEW)

Issued: 03:57 PM

Updated: 03:57 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:30 PM by JKL (JP)
Knott, Pike, Letcher, Floyd, in KY

VTEC# 238 (NEW)

Issued: 03:56 PM

Updated: 03:56 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:45 PM by RNK (AB)
Rockingham, Stokes, in NC

VTEC# 162 (NEW)

Issued: 03:52 PM

Updated: 03:52 PM

Marine Warning (View Text) expires 05:15 PM by LWX (CJL)
Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD, in AN

VTEC# 146 (NEW)

Issued: 03:51 PM

Updated: 03:51 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:15 PM by LWX (Belak)
Culpeper, Prince William, Stafford, Fauquier, in VA

VTEC# 274 (NEW)

Issued: 03:50 PM

Updated: 03:50 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:45 PM by BIS (MDJ)
Adams, Grant, Sioux, Hettinger, in ND

VTEC# 118 (CON)

Issued: 03:49 PM

Updated: 03:56 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:30 PM by LWX (CJL)
Anne Arundel, in MD

VTEC# 273 (NEW)

Issued: 03:49 PM

Updated: 03:49 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:15 PM by RAH (GIH)
Forsyth, Guilford, in NC

VTEC# 196 (NEW)

Issued: 03:49 PM

Updated: 03:49 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by LMK (CSG)
Scott, in IN

VTEC# 126 (NEW)

Issued: 03:48 PM

Updated: 03:48 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:30 PM by LWX (CJL)
Spotsylvania, Orange, in VA

VTEC# 272 (NEW)

Issued: 03:46 PM

Updated: 03:46 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:30 PM by CAE (HC)
Lexington, Calhoun, Orangeburg, Aiken, in SC

VTEC# 92 (NEW)

Issued: 03:45 PM

Updated: 03:45 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:30 PM by RNK (DS)
Pittsylvania, Campbell, Bedford, in VA

VTEC# 161 (NEW)

Issued: 03:45 PM

Updated: 03:45 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:45 PM by RNK (DS)
Buckingham, Campbell, Appomattox, in VA

VTEC# 160 (NEW)

Issued: 03:40 PM

Updated: 03:40 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 05:45 PM by JAX (BOOTHE)
St. Johns, in FL

VTEC# 138 (NEW)

Issued: 03:40 PM

Updated: 03:40 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 05:45 PM by CAE (CRL)
Lexington, Newberry, Saluda, in SC

VTEC# 43 (NEW)

Issued: 03:39 PM

Updated: 03:39 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:45 PM by UNR (Sherburn)
Perkins, Butte, Harding, in SD

VTEC# 184 (NEW)

Issued: 03:39 PM

Updated: 03:39 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:15 PM by RNK (AB)
Yadkin, Surry, in NC

VTEC# 159 (NEW)

Issued: 03:37 PM

Updated: 03:37 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:15 PM by UNR (Sherburn)
Perkins, in SD

VTEC# 183 (CON)

Issued: 03:34 PM

Updated: 03:50 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 06:30 PM by OHX (Sizemore)
Wayne, in TN

VTEC# 76 (NEW)

Issued: 03:33 PM

Updated: 03:33 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by JKL (JP)
Knott, Floyd, in KY

VTEC# 237 (CON)

Issued: 03:26 PM

Updated: 03:43 PM

Marine Warning (View Text) expires 04:45 PM by DTX (MV)
Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner Saginaw Bay, Inner Saginaw Bay SW of Point Au Gres to Bay Port MI, in LH

VTEC# 45 (CON)

Issued: 03:25 PM

Updated: 03:42 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:30 PM by UNR (Sherburn)
Harding, in SD

VTEC# 182 (CON)

Issued: 03:24 PM

Updated: 03:47 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by SHV (20)
Grant, Natchitoches, Winn, in LA

VTEC# 356 (EXP)

Issued: 03:24 PM

Updated: 03:55 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:15 PM by RNK (DS)
Henry, City of Martinsville, in VA

VTEC# 158 (NEW)

Issued: 03:24 PM

Updated: 03:24 PM

Tornado Warning (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by DTX (AA)
Huron, in MI

VTEC# 10 (CON)

Issued: 03:21 PM

Updated: 03:50 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by CAE (HC)
Newberry, Lexington, Saluda, in SC

VTEC# 91 (NEW)

Issued: 03:19 PM

Updated: 03:19 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 06:30 PM by AKQ (Butner)
Fluvanna, Louisa, in VA

VTEC# 67 (NEW)

Issued: 03:18 PM

Updated: 03:18 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 06:30 PM by LWX (Belak)
Albemarle, Orange, in VA

VTEC# 70 (NEW)

Issued: 03:18 PM

Updated: 03:18 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by AKQ (HET)
Louisa, Fluvanna, Goochland, in VA

VTEC# 236 (CON)

Issued: 03:14 PM

Updated: 03:32 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:15 PM by RNK (DS)
Buckingham, Appomattox, in VA

VTEC# 157 (CON)

Issued: 03:14 PM

Updated: 03:47 PM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning (View Text) expires 04:15 PM by HUN (GH)
Colbert, Lauderdale, in AL

VTEC# 202 (CON)

Issued: 03:09 PM

Updated: 03:33 PM

Marine Warning (View Text) expires 04:30 PM by DTX (AM)
Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac MI, Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac 5NM Off Shore to US/Canadian border, in LH

VTEC# 44 (CON)

Issued: 03:08 PM

Updated: 03:43 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:15 PM by RNK (16)
City of Covington, Alleghany, in VA

VTEC# 39 (NEW)

Issued: 03:08 PM

Updated: 03:08 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 06:00 PM by OHX (Sizemore)
Wayne, Lawrence, in TN

VTEC# 75 (NEW)

Issued: 03:02 PM

Updated: 03:02 PM

Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 11:00 PM by MHX ()
Coastal waters from Currituck Beach Light to Oregon Inlet NC out 20 nm, in AM

VTEC# 60 (CON)

Issued: 03:00 PM

Updated: 01:06 PM

Red Flag Warning (View Text) expires 05:00 AM by GGW ()
The Little Rockies, The Lower Missouri River Breaks including the Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Southern Petroleum and Southern Garfield Counties, Northern Valley and Northern Phillips Counties, Dawson/McCone/Prairie/Richland/Wibaux Counties, in MT

VTEC# 9 (CON)

Issued: 03:00 PM

Updated: 03:24 PM

Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by MHX ()
Coastal waters from Cape Hatteras to Ocracoke Inlet NC out 20 nm, Coastal waters from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras NC out 20 nm, Pamlico Sound, in AM

VTEC# 60 (CON)

Issued: 02:00 PM

Updated: 01:06 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:45 PM by ILN (Hatzos)
Licking, in OH

VTEC# 29 (NEW)

Issued: 02:59 PM

Updated: 02:59 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:00 PM by RNK (16)
Amherst, in VA

VTEC# 38 (NEW)

Issued: 02:55 PM

Updated: 02:55 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 06:00 PM by ILN (Hatzos)
Dearborn, in IN

VTEC# 106 (NEW)

Issued: 02:54 PM

Updated: 02:54 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 04:45 PM by SJT (19)
Coleman, Brown, San Saba, McCulloch, in TX

VTEC# 122 (NEW)

Issued: 02:51 PM

Updated: 02:51 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 04:45 PM by CAE (CRL)
Richland, Lexington, in SC

VTEC# 42 (NEW)

Issued: 02:50 PM

Updated: 02:50 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:45 PM by LWX (Belak)
Nelson, in VA

VTEC# 69 (CON)

Issued: 02:44 PM

Updated: 03:26 PM

Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 09:00 PM by BIS (Anglin)
La Moure, Dickey, in ND

VTEC# 1 (EXA)

Issued: 02:40 PM

Updated: 02:40 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 04:30 PM by TAE (IG3)
Lafayette, in FL

VTEC# 112 (NEW)

Issued: 02:38 PM

Updated: 02:38 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by MRX (DGS)
Russell, Washington, in VA

VTEC# 49 (NEW)

Issued: 02:35 PM

Updated: 02:35 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:30 PM by PBZ (Frazier)
Jefferson, Harrison, in OH

VTEC# 100 (CON)

Issued: 02:35 PM

Updated: 03:17 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 04:30 PM by SJT (19)
Irion, in TX

VTEC# 121 (NEW)

Issued: 02:29 PM

Updated: 02:29 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:30 PM by RLX (26)
Fayette, Webster, Clay, Nicholas, in WV

VTEC# 112 (CON)

Issued: 02:27 PM

Updated: 03:14 PM

Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 05:00 AM by LOX ()
Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM out, Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to 60 nm offshore including San Nicolas Island, Waters from Pt. Sal to Santa Cruz Island CA and westward 60 nm including San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands, in PZ

VTEC# 115 (CON)

Issued: 05:00 PM

Updated: 03:22 PM

Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 11:00 PM by LOX (15)
Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM, in PZ

VTEC# 115 (CON)

Issued: 02:00 PM

Updated: 03:22 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:00 PM by RLX (26)
Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, Raleigh, in WV

VTEC# 111 (CON)

Issued: 02:00 PM

Updated: 03:05 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by RNK (16)
Surry, Wilkes, Alleghany, in NC

VTEC# 37 (CON)

Issued: 01:52 PM

Updated: 03:15 PM

Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 08:00 PM by ABR (TMT)
Edmunds, Dewey, Potter, Faulk, Spink, Stanley, Sully, Hughes, Hyde, Hand, Jones, Lyman, Buffalo, Campbell, Brown, Walworth, Corson, McPherson, in SD

VTEC# 5 (NEW)

Issued: 01:46 PM

Updated: 01:46 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:45 PM by RNK (16)
Wythe, Smyth, in VA

VTEC# 36 (CON)

Issued: 01:43 PM

Updated: 03:00 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 04:45 PM by EWX (MM)
Travis, in TX

VTEC# 141 (NEW)

Issued: 01:35 PM

Updated: 01:35 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 04:45 PM by RLX (26)
Braxton, Upshur, Lewis, in WV

VTEC# 110 (CON)

Issued: 01:33 PM

Updated: 02:41 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 04:30 PM by RLX (26)
Wirt, Braxton, Gilmer, Calhoun, Roane, in WV

VTEC# 109 (CON)

Issued: 01:20 PM

Updated: 02:40 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 06:00 PM by PBZ (Frazier)
Harrison, Jefferson, in OH

VTEC# 99 (EXT)

Issued: 01:07 PM

Updated: 03:49 PM

Beach Hazard Statement (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by GRR ()
Ottawa, Muskegon, Van Buren, Allegan, in MI

VTEC# 9 (CON)

Issued: 01:00 PM

Updated: 09:27 AM

Beach Hazard Statement (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by LOT ()
Porter, Lake, in IN

VTEC# 4 (CON)

Issued: 01:00 PM

Updated: 03:43 PM

Beach Hazard Statement (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by LOT ()
Lake, in IL

VTEC# 4 (CON)

Issued: 01:00 PM

Updated: 03:43 PM

Red Flag Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by SLC ()
Central Utah West Desert, Mojave Desert, Color Country Mountains, Color Country West Desert, Central Utah Mountains, Grand Staircase, in UT

VTEC# 5 (CON)

Issued: 01:00 PM

Updated: 03:06 PM

Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by GRR (NJJ)
Grand Haven to Whitehall MI, Holland to Grand Haven MI, South Haven to Holland MI, St Joseph to South Haven MI, in LM

VTEC# 64 (CON)

Issued: 01:00 PM

Updated: 02:37 PM

Red Flag Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by MSO ()
Palouse/Nezperce Reservation/Hells Canyon Region, in ID

VTEC# 1 (NEW)

Issued: 01:00 PM

Updated: 02:30 PM

Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 09:00 PM by BIS (Anglin)
Kidder, Morton, Oliver, Mercer, Grant, Burleigh, McIntosh, Logan, Emmons, Sioux, in ND

VTEC# 1 (CON)

Issued: 12:47 PM

Updated: 02:40 PM

Flash Flood Warning (View Text) expires 04:00 PM by RLX (26)
Dickenson, Buchanan, in VA

VTEC# 108 (EXP)

Issued: 12:46 PM

Updated: 03:53 PM

Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by SGX (CO)
San Diego County Mountains, San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys -The Inland Empire, San Diego County Valleys, Riverside County Mountains, in CA

VTEC# 3 (CON)

Issued: 12:00 PM

Updated: 02:35 PM

Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by TWC (CWR)
Western Pima County Including Ajo/Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Tohono O odham Nation including Sells, Tucson Metro Area including Tucson/Green Valley/Marana/Vail, South Central Pinal County including Eloy/Picacho Peak State Park, Southeast Pinal County including Kearny/Mammoth/Oracle, Upper Gila River and Aravaipa Valleys including Clifton/Safford, in AZ

VTEC# 4 (CON)

Issued: 12:00 PM

Updated: 05:40 AM

Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by FGZ (Humphreys)
Northern Gila County, Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, in AZ

VTEC# 3 (CON)

Issued: 12:00 PM

Updated: 03:25 PM

Red Flag Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by VEF ()
Lincoln County/Ely Dispatch, in NV

VTEC# 7 (CON)

Issued: 12:00 PM

Updated: 11:54 AM

Red Flag Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by LKN (94)
Southwestern and Central Elko County, Eastern Elko County, in NV

VTEC# 6 (CON)

Issued: 12:00 PM

Updated: 12:07 PM

Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by VEF (STESSMAN)
Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave, Northwest Deserts, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, in AZ

VTEC# 5 (CON)

Issued: 12:00 PM

Updated: 11:56 AM

Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by VEF (STESSMAN)
San Bernardino County-Upper Colorado River Valley, in CA

VTEC# 5 (CON)

Issued: 12:00 PM

Updated: 11:56 AM

Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by VEF (STESSMAN)
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, in NV

VTEC# 5 (CON)

Issued: 12:00 PM

Updated: 11:56 AM

Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by SGX (APR)
Napa County, Coachella Valley, San Diego County Deserts, in CA

VTEC# 1 (CON)

Issued: 12:00 PM

Updated: 02:35 PM

Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 09:00 PM by PUB (Simcoe)
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County, Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet, Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below 7400 Ft, Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft, in CO

VTEC# 3 (CON)

Issued: 11:00 AM

Updated: 03:01 PM

Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by GGW (Hicks)
Prairie, Wibaux, Southwest Phillips, Petroleum, Central and Southern Valley, Central and Southeast Phillips, Northern Valley, Sheridan, Northern Phillips, Daniels, Eastern Roosevelt, Richland, Western Roosevelt, McCone, Garfield, Dawson, in MT

VTEC# 3 (CON)

Issued: 11:00 AM

Updated: 03:30 PM

Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by BOU (Danielson)
Boulder And Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet/West Broomfield County, North Douglas County Below 6000 Feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe Counties/East Broomfield County, Larimer County Below 6000 Feet/Northwest Weld County, in CO

VTEC# 2 (CON)

Issued: 11:00 AM

Updated: 12:17 PM

Heat Advisory (View Text) expires 10:00 PM by BYZ (Chambers)
Musselshell, Southern Rosebud, Carter, Powder River, Northern Big Horn, Custer, Northern Rosebud, Treasure, Fallon, in MT

VTEC# 2 (CON)

Issued: 10:00 AM

Updated: 02:36 PM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by TSA (Lacy)
Franklin, Johnson, Logan, in AR

VTEC# 98 (EXT)

Issued: 09:46 AM

Updated: 01:52 PM

Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 11:00 PM by JSJ ()
Coastal Waters of Northern Puerto Rico out 10 NM, in AM

VTEC# 26 (CON)

Issued: 03:00 AM

Updated: 01:15 PM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 12:30 AM by CRP (NMP)
Refugio, Calhoun, Victoria, in TX

VTEC# 7 (EXT)

Issued: 02:00 AM

Updated: 01:46 PM

Gale Warning (View Text) expires 07:15 PM by AFC ()
Gluf of Alaska Offshore North of 57N and West of 1, in PK

VTEC# 430 (EXT)

Issued: 05:29 PM

Updated: 06:48 AM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 10:00 AM by RNK (16)
Halifax, in VA

VTEC# 27 (EXT)

Issued: 02:01 PM

Updated: 09:18 AM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:17 AM by ILM (IGB)
Bladen, in NC

VTEC# 11 (EXT)

Issued: 01:22 PM

Updated: 08:44 AM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 05:30 PM by RAH (Leins)
Cumberland, in NC

VTEC# 15 (EXT)

Issued: 06:23 PM

Updated: 03:41 PM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 08:44 AM by ILM (IGB)
Cumberland, Bladen, in NC

VTEC# 10 (EXT)

Issued: 06:00 PM

Updated: 08:44 AM

Extreme Heat Warning (View Text) expires 09:00 PM by FGZ (Humphreys)
Grand Canyon Country, in AZ

VTEC# 3 (CON)

Issued: 12:00 PM

Updated: 03:25 PM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 08:44 AM by ILM (TRA)
Robeson, in NC

VTEC# 9 (CON)

Issued: 08:44 PM

Updated: 08:44 AM

Small Craft Advisory (View Text) expires 11:00 AM by HFO ()
Big Island Southeast Waters, Maalaea Bay, Big Island Leeward Waters, Alenuihaha Channel, Pailolo Channel, in PH

VTEC# 30 (EXT)

Issued: 11:00 AM

Updated: 08:36 AM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 AM by MPX (Strus)
Brown, Blue Earth, Nicollet, in MN

VTEC# 9 (CON)

Issued: 05:00 PM

Updated: 09:30 AM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 01:00 PM by FSD (Meyers)
Moody, Brookings, in SD

VTEC# 4 (EXT)

Issued: 07:00 AM

Updated: 07:49 AM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by MPX (Dye)
Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine, in MN

VTEC# 6 (CON)

Issued: 09:13 PM

Updated: 09:30 AM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:30 AM by MPX (JDS)
Renville, Redwood, in MN

VTEC# 5 (CON)

Issued: 02:30 AM

Updated: 09:30 AM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:30 AM by MPX (Borghoff)
Yellow Medicine, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, in MN

VTEC# 3 (CON)

Issued: 10:02 AM

Updated: 09:30 AM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 09:45 PM by SHV (88)
Nacogdoches, Angelina, in TX

VTEC# 122 (CON)

Issued: 07:00 AM

Updated: 09:45 PM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by JAN (SW)
Concordia, in LA

VTEC# 10 (EXT)

Issued: 10:04 AM

Updated: 11:57 AM

Flood Advisory (View Text) expires 07:00 AM by JAN (SW)
Adams, Wilkinson, in MS

VTEC# 10 (EXT)

Issued: 10:04 AM

Updated: 11:57 AM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 07:00 PM by LZK (61)
Monroe, Arkansas, in AR

VTEC# 42 (CON)

Issued: 03:00 PM

Updated: 10:07 PM

Flood Warning (View Text) expires 10:07 PM by LZK (61)
White, Woodruff, in AR

VTEC# 36 (CON)

Issued: 04:39 AM

Updated: 10:07 PM

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Notes:

This application is educational grade and should not be used operationally.
The status column is simply the status of the warning. The warning is in 'NEW' state until a SVS is issued, then it goes to 'CON' for continued.
NEXRAD composite is available since 1 Jan 1997.
Prior to the NWS adoption of VTEC, warnings were not expired nor canceled.
SVS updates were added in 2005.
LSR archive begins 1 Jan 2004.
Archive of watches begins 1 Jan 1997.