Weather alerts in Washington, April 2012

73 weather alerts in April 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 April 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 73
Warnings: 14
Watches: 6
Advisories: 51
Busiest day: April 1, 20127 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
Mar 31, 7:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Cowlitz	28 min
Apr 1, 3:20 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		11 hr
Apr 1, 3:20 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		47 hr
Apr 1, 3:37 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more	11 hr
Apr 1, 3:44 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	11 hr
Apr 1, 5:19 AM PDT	High Wind Watch	PQR		22 hr
Apr 1, 3:06 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		44 hr
Apr 2, 3:10 AM PDT	High Wind Warning	PQR		16 hr
Apr 2, 3:44 AM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		12 hr
Apr 2, 4:03 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	17 hr
Apr 2, 2:20 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	14 hr
Apr 2, 2:20 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	48 hr
Apr 2, 2:59 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		3 days
Apr 2, 4:08 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		23 hr
Apr 2, 11:24 PM PDT	High Surf Advisory	PQR		7 hr
Apr 3, 4:28 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman	39 hr
Apr 3, 7:55 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		3 hr
Apr 4, 4:15 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Spokane, Whitman	8 hr
Apr 4, 8:55 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		17 hr
Apr 4, 9:52 AM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	10 hr
Apr 4, 5:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	27 min
Apr 5, 8:49 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
Apr 6, 3:02 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		24 hr
Apr 6, 3:02 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	SEW		12 hr
Apr 7, 2:49 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 hr
Apr 7, 8:43 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	SEW		33 hr
Apr 7, 3:02 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		21 hr
Apr 7, 3:02 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		5 hr
Apr 8, 12:08 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	SEW		3 hr
Apr 9, 12:33 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		5 hr
Apr 10, 8:56 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
Apr 12, 2:28 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		18 hr
Apr 12, 8:26 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		42 hr
Apr 12, 8:26 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		30 hr
Apr 13, 8:53 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		18 hr
Apr 14, 2:34 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		26 hr
Apr 14, 8:31 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		3 hr
Apr 14, 8:31 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		8 hr
Apr 15, 2:52 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		34 hr
Apr 16, 9:05 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		30 hr
Apr 16, 3:05 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	SEW		6 hr
Apr 16, 3:05 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		24 hr
Apr 17, 2:34 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		13 hr
Apr 17, 3:17 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		20 hr
Apr 17, 3:17 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	SEW		15 hr
Apr 17, 3:17 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		36 hr
Apr 18, 2:40 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		27 hr
Apr 18, 2:31 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		7 hr
Apr 19, 3:36 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		29 hr
Apr 20, 2:55 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		17 hr
Apr 20, 2:55 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		17 hr
Apr 22, 9:00 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		19 hr
Apr 23, 7:08 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	PDT	Yakima	4 days
Apr 23, 11:36 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	PDT	Yakima	71 hr
Apr 23, 11:36 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	PDT	Yakima	4 days
Apr 23, 11:45 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	SEW		15 hr
Apr 24, 2:52 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		34 hr
Apr 24, 2:52 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	SEW		34 hr
Apr 25, 5:50 AM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Spokane	30 hr
Apr 25, 4:47 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	39 hr
Apr 26, 12:24 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	PDT	Asotin	34 hr
Apr 26, 2:58 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Apr 26, 2:58 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		36 hr
Apr 26, 11:51 AM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Spokane	9 days
Apr 26, 4:04 PM PDT	River Flood Watch	OTX	Ferry	5 hr
Apr 26, 8:45 PM PDT	River Flood Warning	OTX	Ferry	26 hr
Apr 27, 6:37 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		2 hr
Apr 27, 2:35 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		20 hr
Apr 29, 2:54 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		66 hr
Apr 29, 3:06 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		41 hr
Apr 29, 3:58 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		35 hr
Apr 30, 2:54 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		12 hr
Apr 30, 2:54 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		30 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
Special Weather Statement	2
Flooding
River Flood Warning	6
River Flood Watch	2
Areal Flood Advisory	1
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	2
Winter Weather Advisory	5
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	3
Coast and beach
High Surf Advisory	1
Marine
Gale Warning	6
Gale Watch	1
Small Craft Advisory	23
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	6
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	5
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	7

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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.