Alert archive / Washington / 2009
Weather alerts in Washington, February 2009
82 weather alerts in February 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 February 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 82
- Warnings
- 12
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 63
- Busiest day
- February 23, 20099 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 5:01 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Jan 31, 5:01 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 16 hr | |
| Jan 31, 8:17 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Feb 1, 8:46 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 55 hr | |
| Feb 3, 6:11 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Feb 4, 2:52 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Feb 4, 2:52 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 5, 4:54 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 34 hr | |
| Feb 6, 6:22 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:02 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 7 days | |
| Feb 6, 9:02 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Feb 6, 10:38 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 14 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:50 PM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 22 hr |
| Feb 7, 8:48 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Feb 7, 11:04 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:27 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 35 hr | |
| Feb 8, 2:58 PM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 7 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Feb 8, 3:32 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Feb 8, 3:32 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Feb 8, 8:15 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Feb 8, 8:15 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 9, 8:41 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Feb 9, 8:41 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Feb 9, 3:00 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Feb 9, 4:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Feb 9, 4:25 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Feb 10, 1:22 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 21 hr | |
| Feb 10, 4:23 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Thurston | 4 hr |
| Feb 10, 8:31 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Feb 10, 8:34 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Feb 10, 10:16 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima | 12 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:42 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Feb 11, 2:42 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 12, 2:48 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 37 hr | |
| Feb 12, 2:55 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:55 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:25 PM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 8:54 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 13, 8:54 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 13, 2:35 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Feb 13, 8:49 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Feb 14, 2:32 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 54 hr | |
| Feb 15, 3:32 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Feb 15, 4:04 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Klickitat | 11 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:15 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Feb 15, 8:50 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Feb 15, 8:50 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Feb 16, 3:34 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:54 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:22 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Feb 18, 2:32 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Feb 18, 8:57 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane | 13 hr |
| Feb 19, 7:01 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 10:30 PM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima | 16 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:29 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:39 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 54 hr | |
| Feb 22, 6:08 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:47 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Feb 22, 2:09 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Feb 22, 7:18 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Feb 22, 9:03 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:02 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Feb 23, 4:23 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 8 hr |
| Feb 23, 8:42 AM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 18 hr | |
| Feb 23, 12:06 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 34 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:12 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 68 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:05 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 53 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:05 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 115 min | |
| Feb 23, 5:00 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Feb 23, 7:33 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 18 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:04 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 64 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:04 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Feb 24, 10:00 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 42 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:47 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Feb 25, 3:08 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:08 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane, Whitman | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:19 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Feb 26, 2:51 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Feb 27, 11:49 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 days | |
| Feb 27, 2:21 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 61 hr | |
| Feb 28, 9:14 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 25 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 | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 5 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 12 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 5 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 6 |
| Gale Watch | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 18 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | 8 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | 6 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Winds | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spokane County9
- Walla Walla County8
- Columbia County7
- Yakima County7
- Okanogan County7
- Pend Oreille County6
- Stevens County6
- Douglas County6
- Klickitat County5
- Grant County5
- Lincoln County5
- Benton County4
- Franklin County4
- Adams County4
- Ferry County4
- Kittitas County3
- Whitman County2
- Clallam County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Jefferson County1
- Mason County1
- Thurston County1
- Chelan County1
- Asotin County1
- Garfield County1
- San Juan 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.