Weather alerts in Washington, 2012

1,467 weather alerts in 2012, 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 1,467
Warnings: 383
Watches: 208
Advisories: 792
Busiest month: January224 alerts
Busiest day: July 20, 201240 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

1,467 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.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	43
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	20
Special Weather Statement	62
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	8
Flash Flood Warning	11
River Flood Warning	60
Flash Flood Watch	4
Flood Watch	27
River Flood Watch	7
Areal Flood Advisory	57
River Flood Advisory	6
Winter
Blizzard Warning	3
Ice Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Warning	65
Blizzard Watch	1
Winter Storm Watch	56
Freezing Rain Advisory	5
Winter Weather Advisory	148
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	2
Excessive Heat Watch	3
Heat Advisory	7
Cold
Freeze Warning	11
Frost Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	36
High Wind Watch	33
Blowing Dust Advisory	3
Wind Advisory	87
Fire
Red Flag Warning	37
Fire Weather Watch	18
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	9
Dense Fog Advisory	11
Freezing Fog Advisory	13
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
High Surf Warning	8
Coastal Flood Watch	6
Coastal Flood Advisory	16
High Surf Advisory	24
Coastal Flood Statement	2
Marine
Gale Warning	91
Storm Warning	5
Gale Watch	47
Storm Watch	3
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	1
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	1
Small Craft Advisory	270
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	64
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	39
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	28

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2011 2013

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.