Alert archive / Washington

Weather alerts in Washington, 2009

1,249 weather alerts in 2009, 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
1,249
Warnings
351
Watches
151
Advisories
685
Busiest month
January210 alerts
Busiest day
January 7, 200964 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

1,249 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.

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 Warning37
Tornado Warning1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch1
Mesoscale Discussion10
Special Weather Statement50
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning15
Flash Flood Warning10
River Flood Warning84
Flash Flood Watch4
Flood Watch13
River Flood Watch4
Areal Flood Advisory54
River Flood Advisory1
Winter
Ice Storm Warning1
Winter Storm Warning54
Winter Storm Watch50
Freezing Rain Advisory7
Winter Weather Advisory116
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning3
Excessive Heat Watch3
Heat Advisory9
Cold
Freeze Warning14
Hard Freeze Warning1
Freeze Watch1
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning2
High Wind Warning22
High Wind Watch18
Blowing Dust Advisory3
Wind Advisory76
Fire
Red Flag Warning20
Fire Weather Watch16
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory10
Dense Fog Advisory31
Freezing Fog Advisory7
Air Stagnation Outlook1
Coast and beach
High Surf Warning2
Coastal Flood Watch1
Coastal Flood Advisory10
High Surf Advisory13
Marine
Gale Warning79
Storm Warning6
Gale Watch37
Storm Watch3
Small Craft Advisory201
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas48
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar45
Small Craft Advisory for Winds54
Marine Weather Statement1

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. January 7, 200964alerts
  2. November 21, 200918alerts
  3. January 1, 200917alerts
  4. November 17, 200917alerts
  5. November 18, 200917alerts
  6. December 30, 200915alerts
  7. January 8, 200914alerts
  8. July 24, 200914alerts
  9. November 16, 200914alerts
  10. January 6, 200913alerts
  11. March 15, 200913alerts
  12. July 13, 200913alerts

Nearby

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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.