Alert archive / Washington / 2005
Weather alerts in Washington, December 2005
71 weather alerts in December 2005, 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 December 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 71
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 41
- Busiest day
- December 19, 200511 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 8:47 PM PST | Heavy Snow Warning | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Dec 1, 5:14 AM PST | Heavy Snow Warning | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Dec 1, 5:14 AM PST | Snow Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 34 hr |
| Dec 1, 5:14 AM PST | Snow Advisory | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Dec 1, 10:02 PM PST | Snow Advisory | OTX | Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman | 14 hr |
| Dec 2, 9:46 AM PST | Heavy Snow Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 29 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:55 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 25 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:07 PM PST | Snow Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 4 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:32 AM PST | Snow Advisory | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Dec 3, 3:44 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 5 hr |
| Dec 3, 4:18 AM PST | Snow Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 6 hr |
| Dec 3, 9:53 AM PST | Snow Advisory | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Dec 4, 5:08 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Dec 4, 3:07 PM PST | Snow Advisory | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Dec 8, 2:34 PM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 10 days |
| Dec 9, 9:40 AM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 3 days |
| Dec 9, 9:47 AM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 8 days |
| Dec 13, 9:36 AM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 24 hr |
| Dec 13, 9:48 AM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | PDT | 5 days | |
| Dec 14, 3:31 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 6 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:14 AM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 3 days |
| Dec 15, 8:36 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 13 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:01 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 9 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:05 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | 37 hr | |
| Dec 17, 8:40 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 8 hr | |
| Dec 18, 4:17 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Klickitat | 11 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:17 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 45 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:23 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 62 hr | |
| Dec 18, 4:24 AM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 9 days | |
| Dec 18, 2:32 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more | 60 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:14 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:57 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Clark, Cowlitz, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:50 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more | 47 hr |
| Dec 19, 7:57 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 19, 8:40 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Dec 19, 10:36 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 4 hr |
| Dec 19, 11:56 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Klickitat and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:16 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 20 hr | |
| Dec 19, 2:20 PM PST | Ice Storm Warning | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Dec 19, 2:58 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:59 PM PST | Ice Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 24 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 16 hr |
| Dec 19, 5:30 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 5 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:33 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Dec 20, 8:16 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 4 days |
| Dec 20, 8:30 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:01 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 21, 8:01 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 21, 8:28 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PQR | 10 hr | |
| Dec 23, 10:34 PM PST | Snow Advisory | OTX | 12 hr | |
| Dec 24, 10:51 PM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 7 hr | |
| Dec 26, 3:24 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 18 hr | |
| Dec 26, 3:27 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 18 hr |
| Dec 26, 12:45 PM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 21 hr | |
| Dec 26, 9:02 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Dec 26, 9:11 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Dec 27, 3:31 AM PST | Snow Advisory | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Dec 27, 3:33 AM PST | Snow Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 14 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:39 AM PST | Snow Advisory | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Dec 27, 9:51 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 10 hr |
| Dec 28, 7:56 AM PST | Snow Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Dec 29, 2:26 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Douglas, Grant | 12 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:38 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 8 hr |
| Dec 29, 11:47 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 16 hr |
| Dec 29, 2:12 PM PST | Snow Advisory | PQR | 19 hr | |
| Dec 29, 2:50 PM PST | Heavy Snow Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 29, 2:50 PM PST | Snow Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane | 15 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:37 AM PST | Heavy Snow Warning | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima | 24 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:03 AM PST | Snow Advisory | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Dec 30, 9:17 AM PST | Snow Advisory | PQR | 5 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 5 |
| Ice Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 5 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 6 |
| Snow Advisory | 17 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Air Stagnation Advisory | 6 |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yakima County13
- Klickitat County12
- Walla Walla County11
- Kittitas County11
- Columbia County10
- Douglas County10
- Spokane County9
- Benton County9
- Grant County9
- San Juan County8
- Franklin County8
- Okanogan County8
- Lincoln County7
- Pend Oreille County7
- Stevens County7
- Chelan County7
- Asotin County6
- Garfield County6
- Adams County6
- Whitman County5
- Ferry County5
- Skamania County2
- Clark County1
- Cowlitz County1
- Lewis County1
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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.