# People Under Weather Warnings Right Now, by State | InstaMaps > How many people in each US state are under a National Weather Service warning right now, updated every 10 minutes from 2020 Census data. Counties, warning types, a monthly report, maps to embed, CSVs. Free to cite. Source: https://get-instamaps.com/data/warnings [InstaMaps](/) [Store locator](/store-locator)[All tools](/tools)[Blog](/blog)[ Get Started Free ](https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/instamaps/103204565785?utm%5Fsource=get-instamaps&utm%5Fmedium=site&utm%5Fcampaign=toolheader) [← Data room: every dataset](/data) Live · every 10 minutes # People under weather warnings, by state Right now, 696,874 people in the US are under a National Weather Service warning, 0.2% of the country, in 7 states. Updated Wed, 4:33 PM EDT · 17 warnings in force In September 2026 the National Weather Service issued 3,710 warnings, the most for September in records back to 2008. [The monthly report](/data/warnings/calendar). ## Every state | State | People under a warning | Share | Warnings | | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | ---------- | -------- | | [Virginia](/data/warnings/virginia) | 489,786 | 5.7% | 2 | | [Maryland](/data/warnings/maryland) | 160,739 | 2.6% | 1 | | [Alaska](/data/warnings/alaska) | 17,217 | 2.3% | 4 | | [New Mexico](/data/warnings/new-mexico) | 11,403 | 0.5% | 2 | | [Arizona](/data/warnings/arizona) | 8,324 | 0.1% | 3 | | [Utah](/data/warnings/utah) | 5,133 | 0.2% | 2 | | [North Carolina](/data/warnings/north-carolina) | 4,272 | under 0.1% | 1 | | [Alabama](/data/warnings/alabama) | – | – | – | | [Arkansas](/data/warnings/arkansas) | – | – | – | | [California](/data/warnings/california) | – | – | – | | [Colorado](/data/warnings/colorado) | – | – | – | | [Connecticut](/data/warnings/connecticut) | – | – | – | | [Delaware](/data/warnings/delaware) | – | – | – | | [Florida](/data/warnings/florida) | – | – | 1 | | [Georgia](/data/warnings/georgia) | – | – | 1 | | [Hawaii](/data/warnings/hawaii) | – | – | – | | [Idaho](/data/warnings/idaho) | – | – | – | | [Illinois](/data/warnings/illinois) | – | – | – | | [Indiana](/data/warnings/indiana) | – | – | – | | [Iowa](/data/warnings/iowa) | – | – | – | | [Kansas](/data/warnings/kansas) | – | – | – | | [Kentucky](/data/warnings/kentucky) | – | – | – | | [Louisiana](/data/warnings/louisiana) | – | – | – | | [Maine](/data/warnings/maine) | – | – | – | | [Massachusetts](/data/warnings/massachusetts) | – | – | – | | [Michigan](/data/warnings/michigan) | – | – | – | | [Minnesota](/data/warnings/minnesota) | – | – | – | | [Mississippi](/data/warnings/mississippi) | – | – | – | | [Missouri](/data/warnings/missouri) | – | – | – | | [Montana](/data/warnings/montana) | – | – | – | | [Nebraska](/data/warnings/nebraska) | – | – | – | | [Nevada](/data/warnings/nevada) | – | – | – | | [New Hampshire](/data/warnings/new-hampshire) | – | – | – | | [New Jersey](/data/warnings/new-jersey) | – | – | – | | [New York](/data/warnings/new-york) | – | – | – | | [North Dakota](/data/warnings/north-dakota) | – | – | – | | [Ohio](/data/warnings/ohio) | – | – | – | | [Oklahoma](/data/warnings/oklahoma) | – | – | – | | [Oregon](/data/warnings/oregon) | – | – | – | | [Pennsylvania](/data/warnings/pennsylvania) | – | – | – | | [Rhode Island](/data/warnings/rhode-island) | – | – | – | | [South Carolina](/data/warnings/south-carolina) | – | – | – | | [South Dakota](/data/warnings/south-dakota) | – | – | – | | [Tennessee](/data/warnings/tennessee) | – | – | – | | [Texas](/data/warnings/texas) | – | – | – | | [Vermont](/data/warnings/vermont) | – | – | – | | [Washington](/data/warnings/washington) | – | – | – | | [Washington DC](/data/warnings/washington-dc) | – | – | – | | [West Virginia](/data/warnings/west-virginia) | – | – | – | | [Wisconsin](/data/warnings/wisconsin) | – | – | – | | [Wyoming](/data/warnings/wyoming) | – | – | – | ## Counties with the most people under a warning 1. [Virginia Beach, VA](/data/warnings/virginia): 459,470 (100%) 2. [Wicomico, MD](/data/warnings/maryland): 103,588 (100%) 3. [Dorchester, MD](/data/warnings/maryland): 32,531 (100%) 4. [Somerset, MD](/data/warnings/maryland): 24,620 (100%) 5. [Westmoreland, VA](/data/warnings/virginia): 18,477 (100%) 6. [Northumberland, VA](/data/warnings/virginia): 11,839 (100%) 7. [McKinley, NM](/data/warnings/new-mexico): 9,664 (13.3%) 8. [Fairbanks North Star, AK](/data/warnings/alaska): 9,323 (9.7%) 9. [Southeast Fairbanks, AK](/data/warnings/alaska): 6,808 (100%) 10. [Pinal, AZ](/data/warnings/arizona): 4,534 (1.1%) 11. [Dare, NC](/data/warnings/north-carolina): 4,272 (11.6%) 12. [Navajo, AZ](/data/warnings/arizona): 3,790 (3.6%) 13. [Garfield, UT](/data/warnings/utah): 2,741 (53.9%) 14. [Kane, UT](/data/warnings/utah): 2,392 (31.2%) 15. [San Juan, NM](/data/warnings/new-mexico): 1,739 (1.4%) ## By warning * Coastal Flood Warning: 654,797 people, 4 in force * Severe Thunderstorm Warning: 19,727 people, 4 in force * Winter Storm Warning: 17,217 people, 4 in force * Flood Warning: 5,133 people, 3 in force * Flash Flood Warning: 0 people, 2 in force ## Using these numbers * **Cite** "according to InstaMaps", with a link to the page you used. Free to quote and republish (CC BY 4.0). * **Embed** any state's live map: each state page has the code. * **Download** [every state now](/downloads/warnings/now.csv) or [warnings issued by state and month since 2005](/downloads/warnings/history.csv) as a CSV. No sign-up. * **How it's counted**: the [method](/data/warnings/method). The monthly report comes out on the [first Thursday of each month](/data/warnings/calendar), 6 a.m. Eastern. * **Questions**, or a county or a radius we don't show: [gbade@get-instamaps.com](mailto:gbade@get-instamaps.com) (InstaMaps data team). ## Get the numbers by email The monthly report, the first Thursday of each month at 6 a.m. Eastern. And, when a big storm hits any state, a short note with the count. Nothing else, and one click stops it. Your email Monthly report Big-storm notes Your state