United StatesMay 2026
National Weather Service warnings and watches: May 2026
AreaZine recorded 2,688 warnings and watches from NWS in May 2026. Nationally the NWS issued 4,037 warnings in May 2026, 29% below the average of 5,672 for May in 2008-2025, and 5,893 warnings, watches and advisories in all (IEM VTEC archive).
Which warnings did the NWS issue most in May 2026?
| Product | May 2026 | An average May, 2008-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 2,665 | 3,568 |
| Flood Advisory | 887 | 1,011 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 408 | 489 |
| Flood Warning | 364 | 815 |
| Tornado Warning | 249 | 567 |
| Frost Advisory | 225 | 97 |
| Red Flag Warning | 145 | 121 |
| Freeze Warning | 132 | 52 |
| Wind Advisory | 122 | 137 |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 78 | 76 |
Source: Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive of NWS watches, warnings and advisories (VTEC). A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.
Every notice, May 2026
NWS Peachtree CityWarningMay 29, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and 1 more, GA
Expired 11:30 p.m. EDT, May 29, 2026
NWS NormanWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kingfisher and Logan, OK
Expired 7:00 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS WichitaWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cowley and Sumner, KS
Expired 7:15 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS Peachtree CityWarningMay 29, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs and 1 more, GA
Expired 10:30 p.m. EDT, May 29, 2026
NWS GoodlandWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan and 1 more, KS
Expired 7:30 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS GlasgowWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Garfield and Petroleum, MT
Expired 7:15 p.m. MDT, May 29, 2026
NWS TopekaWarningMay 29, 2026
Flood Warning: Ottawa and Saline, KS
Expired 1:44 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
NWS GoodlandWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cheyenne and Sherman, KS
Expired 6:45 p.m. MDT, May 29, 2026
NWS NormanWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Alfalfa and Woods, OK
Expired 6:15 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS NormanWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Alfalfa, Garfield and Grant, OK
Expired 6:15 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS LubbockWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Briscoe and Hall, TX
Expired 6:30 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS BillingsWarningMay 29, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Rosebud, MT
Expired 7:30 p.m. MDT, May 29, 2026
NWS NormanWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Garfield and Major, OK
Expired 5:00 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS GoodlandWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kit Carson, CO
Expired 5:15 p.m. MDT, May 29, 2026
NWS Great FallsWarningMay 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Blaine, MT
Expired 5:00 p.m. MDT, May 29, 2026
NWS GrayWarningMay 29, 2026
Storm Warning: Waters from Port Clyde ME to Cape Elizabeth ME from 25 to 60 NM and Waters from Cape Elizabeth ME to Merrimack River MA from 25 to 60 NM
Expired 11:00 a.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
NWS GrayWarningMay 29, 2026
Storm Warning: Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM
Expired 11:00 a.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
NWS MelbourneWarningMay 29, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm
Expired 3:15 p.m. EDT, May 29, 2026
NWS SpringfieldWarningMay 29, 2026
Flood Warning: Cedar, MO
Expired 3:27 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
NWS Boston/NortonWarningMay 29, 2026
Storm Warning: Ocean Waters from the Merrimack River to Plymouth from 40 to 60 NM, Ocean Waters from Provincetown to Nantucket from 20 to 60 NM, Ocean Waters from Marthas Vineyard to Nantucket from 25
Expired 8:00 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
NWS Boston/NortonWarningMay 29, 2026
Storm Warning: Coastal Waters extending out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket and Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 NM South of Block Island
Expired 8:00 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
NWS Boston/NortonWarningMay 29, 2026
Storm Warning: Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and Coastal waters from Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA out 20 NM
Expired 8:00 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
NWS Boston/NortonWarningMay 29, 2026
Storm Warning: Cape Cod Bay and Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay
Expired 8:00 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
NWS Boston/NortonWarningMay 29, 2026
Storm Warning: Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay and 2 more
Expired 8:00 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
NWS Boston/NortonWarningMay 29, 2026
High Wind Warning: Barnstable and Nantucket, MA
Expired 8:00 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
NWS GrayWarningMay 29, 2026
Flood Warning: Cumberland, Oxford and Carroll, ME and NH
Expired 2:00 p.m. EDT, May 30, 2026
NWS TallahasseeWarningMay 29, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach out 20 NM
Expired 12:15 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS Lake CharlesWarningMay 29, 2026
Flood Warning: Rapides, LA
Expired 7:00 a.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
NWS Lake CharlesWarningMay 29, 2026
Flood Warning: Calcasieu, LA
Expired 7:00 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
NWS WichitaWarningMay 29, 2026
Flood Warning: Saline, KS
Expired 4:36 a.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
NWS Little RockWarningMay 29, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Logan, Perry, Pope and 1 more, AR
Expired 8:30 a.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS TulsaWarningMay 29, 2026
Flood Warning: Pushmataha, OK
Expired 3:30 a.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS MobileWarningMay 28, 2026
Flood Warning: George, Greene and Jackson, MS
Expired 7:00 a.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 1 more, WA
Expired 11:15 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS MobileWarningMay 28, 2026
Flood Warning: Clarke and Washington County, AL
Expired 2:12 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
NWS MobileWarningMay 28, 2026
Flood Warning: Choctaw, Clarke and Washington County, AL
Expired 7:00 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS MobileWarningMay 28, 2026
Flood Warning: George, Greene and Perry, MS
Expired 2:42 a.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
NWS MobileWarningMay 28, 2026
Flood Warning: George and Greene, MS
Expired 11:48 a.m. CDT, June 2, 2026
NWS TulsaWarningMay 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Pushmataha, OK
Expired 12:45 a.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Chelan, Douglas, Grant and 1 more, WA
Expired 11:00 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS JacksonWarningMay 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Franklin, MS
Expired 12:15 a.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan and 2 more, WA
Expired 10:45 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS TulsaWarningMay 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Le Flore and Pushmataha, OK
Expired 12:15 a.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Adams, Chelan, Douglas and 2 more, WA
Expired 10:15 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Bonner, ID
Expired 11:00 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS TulsaWarningMay 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Pushmataha, OK
Expired 11:30 p.m. CDT, May 28, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Lincoln, WA
Expired 11:30 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Bonner, ID
Expired 9:15 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS New OrleansWarningMay 28, 2026
Flood Warning: St. Tammany, LA
Expired 1:00 p.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Spokane and Whitman, WA
Expired 10:00 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS FlagstaffWarningMay 28, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Northeast Plateaus and Mesas Hwy 264 Northward, Chinle Valley, Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau and 1 more, AZ
Expired 8:00 p.m. PDT, May 29, 2026
NWS FlagstaffWarningMay 28, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Little Colorado River Valley in Coconino County, Little Colorado River Valley in Navajo County, Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County and 1 more, AZ
Expired 8:00 p.m. PDT, May 29, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Benewah, Kootenai and Shoshone, ID
Expired 8:15 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Shoshone, ID
Expired 8:15 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Spokane, WA
Expired 8:00 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS WilmingtonWarningMay 28, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out 20 NM and Waters from Surf City NC to Little River Inlet SC from 20 to 60 NM
Expired 7:45 p.m. EDT, May 28, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Benewah, ID
Expired 10:00 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Shoshone, ID
Expired 7:45 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS SpokaneWarningMay 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Shoshone, ID
Expired 7:45 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
NWS WichitaWarningMay 28, 2026
Flood Warning: McPherson and Saline, KS
Expired 1:45 a.m. CDT, May 29, 2026
Source: National Weather Service alerts (api.weather.gov).