This storm tracker contains data from 1851. Storm Tracker and Model MixerĪ hurricane watcher's guide to the latest track and model forecasts.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) translates air quality data into numbers and colors that help people understand when to take action to protect their health. See a map of wildfires since 2017 Air Quality Index (AQI) Forecasts and Current Conditions 30 Drought Monitor and Historyĭata shows the location and intensity of drought across the country. Maximum heat index forecast for next 7 days. Weather Prediction Center forecasts the probability that rainfall will exceed flash flood guidance within 25 miles of a point. Real-time Streamflow Map: River Water LevelĬurrent data typically are recorded at 15- to 60-minute intervals. For more recent tornadoes, clicking deeper provides more details, damage estimates and whether someone was injured or killed in the storm. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction. A history of twisters: Tornadoes in Florida since 1950s Rolling Storm Damage ReportsĪs storms strike, this interactive map is your guide to impacts and damage reports coming into National Weather Service stations nationwide. Track all current severe weather warnings, watches and advisories for Reno, Nevada and other areas in the United States on the interactive weather alerts page. Weather Alerts: Warnings, Watches and Advisories It will automatically update every 15 minutes. Since 2008, large wildfires that burned 3.7 million acres of land were either still under investigation at the time of Cal Fire's annual fire report, or a cause was never determined.As severe weather or blizzards threaten, this database scrapes power outage information from more than 1,000 companies nationwide.
People can start wildfires intentionally, through arson, or unintentionally, through an equipment mishap or an untended campfire.Mixed with super-dry conditions, you get something like the fire siege of 2020 – the state's most destructive fire year on record in terms of acres burned – when several massive wildfires ignited throughout the state around the same time, destroying millions of acres of land and blanketing the state with toxic smoke for weeks. Lightning strikes can cause widespread damage in the most remote areas of the state.Since 2008, large fires caused by lightning strikes have destroyed close to 7 million acres of land, followed by 2.7 million acres destroyed due to human causes, not counting the nearly 2 million acres due to malfunctioning power company infrastructure. As you would expect, wildfires ignite in many ways.