Alert archive / Washington

Weather alerts in Washington, 2004

51 weather alerts in 2004, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2004. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
51
Warnings
35
Watches
3
Advisories
0
Busiest month
May16 alerts
Busiest day
May 20, 20046 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 9:19 PM PSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson and 8 more4 hr
Jan 6, 5:44 AM PSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Skamania, Wahkiakum4 hr
Apr 27, 4:22 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKing113 min
May 7, 2:34 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRCowlitz, Wahkiakum26 min
May 17, 3:46 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRClark29 min
May 17, 6:09 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSEWKing, Pierce21 min
May 19, 2:12 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXOkanogan63 min
May 19, 6:04 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPDTYakima3 hr
May 19, 6:38 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXStevens37 min
May 20, 2:59 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXDouglas61 min
May 20, 4:06 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPDTKittitas, Yakima3 hr
May 20, 4:08 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPDTYakima52 min
May 20, 4:12 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPDTYakima48 min
May 20, 5:25 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXGrant50 min
May 21, 4:10 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXSpokane50 min
May 21, 4:22 PM PDTTornado WarningOTXSpokane38 min
May 21, 5:07 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXSpokane38 min
May 21, 6:41 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXWhitman49 min
May 21, 7:13 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXLincoln, Spokane47 min
Jun 3, 4:46 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAsotin, Columbia, Garfield119 min
Jun 5, 6:01 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSEWSkagit, Snohomish44 min
Jun 5, 7:00 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSEWSkagit, Snohomish45 min
Jun 7, 4:38 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPDTKlickitat52 min
Jun 7, 4:48 PM PDTTornado WarningPDTKlickitat42 min
Jun 18, 3:05 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAsotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla, Whitman115 min
Jun 18, 4:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRCowlitz45 min
Jun 25, 3:19 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXFerry41 min
Jun 25, 3:58 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningOTXFerry92 min
Jun 25, 4:21 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXPend Oreille39 min
Jun 26, 12:59 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXStevens31 min
Jun 28, 2:20 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPDTColumbia3 hr
Jun 30, 5:59 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXStevens46 min
Jul 19, 2:49 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield and 3 more2 hr
Jul 19, 3:15 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAsotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla, Whitman7 hr
Jul 19, 5:24 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAsotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla, Whitman96 min
Aug 2, 12:10 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAsotin3 hr
Aug 2, 12:50 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKlickitat7 hr
Aug 2, 6:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXLincoln, Spokane, Stevens45 min
Aug 4, 12:21 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Columbia, Klickitat, Walla Walla114 min
Aug 4, 12:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla8 hr
Aug 4, 4:17 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXAsotin, Garfield43 min
Aug 4, 4:43 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield and 4 more62 min
Aug 6, 4:49 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSEWSnohomish41 min
Aug 6, 11:34 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXSpokane26 min
Aug 7, 12:28 AM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPend Oreille, Stevens92 min
Aug 17, 5:50 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningOTXOkanogan85 min
Aug 18, 4:53 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXStevens37 min
Aug 18, 5:02 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningOTXStevens88 min
Aug 19, 1:46 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAsotin2 hr
Sep 13, 12:24 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPQRClark51 min
Dec 3, 9:16 PM PSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Island, King and 10 more6 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning27
Tornado Warning2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch3
Mesoscale Discussion13
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning6

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 20, 20046alerts
  2. August 4, 20044alerts
  3. May 21, 20043alerts
  4. May 22, 20043alerts
  5. June 25, 20043alerts
  6. January 6, 20042alerts
  7. June 6, 20042alerts
  8. June 7, 20042alerts
  9. June 18, 20042alerts
  10. July 19, 20042alerts
  11. August 2, 20042alerts
  12. August 7, 20042alerts

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.