Alert archive / Washington / 2008
Weather alerts in Washington, August 2008
77 weather alerts in August 2008, 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 August 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 77
- Warnings
- 33
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 28
- Busiest day
- August 8, 20088 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2:57 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 48 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:01 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PQR | 46 hr | |
| Aug 5, 3:00 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 3 days |
| Aug 6, 2:45 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 20 hr | |
| Aug 6, 3:08 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 56 hr | |
| Aug 6, 3:08 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Aug 7, 2:52 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 7, 6:54 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 58 hr | |
| Aug 7, 6:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Klickitat | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 7:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 12:55 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Walla Walla | 95 min |
| Aug 8, 1:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 4:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 4:32 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 88 min |
| Aug 8, 4:51 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 4:53 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 5:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 5:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 6:03 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 6:39 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Garfield, Whitman | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 7:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 2:53 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 13, 2:37 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Aug 13, 12:48 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PQR | 15 hr | |
| Aug 13, 1:30 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 3 days | |
| Aug 13, 8:51 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 51 hr | |
| Aug 14, 3:40 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PQR | 66 hr | |
| Aug 14, 3:40 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | PQR | 66 hr | |
| Aug 14, 7:46 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 4 days |
| Aug 14, 10:34 AM PDT | Air Stagnation Advisory | SEW | 59 hr | |
| Aug 14, 1:10 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 21 hr | |
| Aug 15, 3:04 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 15, 8:36 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania | 7 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:00 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Aug 15, 3:01 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Cowlitz | 19 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:01 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 4 days |
| Aug 15, 3:50 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania | 28 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:26 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 24 hr | |
| Aug 16, 3:20 PM PDT | Marine Weather Statement | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 17, 3:14 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Aug 17, 4:01 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 7 more | 43 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:05 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 16 hr | |
| Aug 17, 8:16 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Aug 17, 2:19 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 38 hr | |
| Aug 17, 2:43 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | 38 hr | |
| Aug 17, 4:10 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittitas, Klickitat, Skamania, Yakima | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:42 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 18, 4:09 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 8:01 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Whitman | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 8:18 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 87 min |
| Aug 18, 8:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 8:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 9:08 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Aug 18, 9:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 3:02 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 56 hr | |
| Aug 19, 7:58 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Okanogan | 10 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:53 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Aug 20, 8:57 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Aug 21, 11:07 AM PDT | Flood Watch | SEW | Whatcom | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:50 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 3:24 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 47 hr | |
| Aug 25, 2:50 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 25, 2:49 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Aug 25, 4:56 PM PDT | Marine Weather Statement | SEW | 2 hr | |
| Aug 25, 8:45 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Aug 26, 3:12 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Aug 27, 8:57 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 71 hr | |
| Aug 27, 8:57 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Aug 28, 3:08 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Aug 28, 2:56 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 29, 3:04 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 29, 3:04 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 29, 8:54 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Aug 30, 2:52 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 50 hr | |
| Aug 30, 2:52 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 31, 1:16 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 19 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Skamania County7
- Asotin County7
- Spokane County7
- Garfield County6
- Whitman County6
- Cowlitz County4
- Columbia County4
- Walla Walla County4
- Whatcom County4
- Adams County4
- Lincoln County4
- Pend Oreille County4
- Stevens County4
- Clark County3
- Klickitat County3
- Kittitas County3
- Benton County3
- Franklin County3
- Chelan County3
- King County3
- Lewis County3
- Pierce County3
- Ferry County3
- Yakima County2
- Okanogan County2
- Clallam County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Jefferson County1
- Kitsap County1
- Mason County1
- Skagit County1
- Snohomish County1
- Thurston County1
- Douglas County1
- Grant 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.