Alert archive / Washington / 2012
Weather alerts in Washington, August 2012
63 weather alerts in August 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 August 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 63
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest day
- August 14, 20126 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 1, 2:45 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 28 hr | |
| Aug 1, 8:59 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 2, 2:05 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Aug 2, 2:21 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Aug 3, 2:41 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 3, 1:04 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 24 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:23 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 46 hr | |
| Aug 3, 1:52 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PQR | 31 hr | |
| Aug 4, 3:05 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 41 hr | |
| Aug 4, 7:36 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Aug 4, 12:48 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 58 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:06 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 5, 11:48 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 28 hr | |
| Aug 6, 8:31 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 22 hr | |
| Aug 6, 9:01 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 36 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:39 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 8, 8:21 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Cowlitz | 12 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:42 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 8, 9:45 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 10 hr | |
| Aug 9, 11:53 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Aug 10, 6:06 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 12 hr | |
| Aug 10, 2:56 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 11, 8:21 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 28 hr | |
| Aug 13, 10:43 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Aug 13, 8:39 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Aug 13, 8:39 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 14, 8:54 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | 7 hr | |
| Aug 14, 2:38 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PQR | 17 hr | |
| Aug 14, 3:18 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 14, 4:16 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 3 days | |
| Aug 15, 2:09 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 15, 7:58 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PQR | 61 hr | |
| Aug 15, 8:59 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:59 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Pierce and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:42 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 24 hr | |
| Aug 15, 3:25 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SEW | 44 hr | |
| Aug 16, 3:01 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 72 hr | |
| Aug 16, 4:13 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:01 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Aug 17, 11:34 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Aug 17, 2:17 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 33 hr | |
| Aug 17, 2:22 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 20 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:56 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 17, 3:42 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 9 more | 37 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:02 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 18, 3:05 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Aug 18, 9:12 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Aug 19, 2:12 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 19 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:32 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 25 hr | |
| Aug 20, 3:05 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 20, 8:56 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 34 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:56 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 26 hr | |
| Aug 21, 3:03 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 22, 2:50 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 47 hr | |
| Aug 23, 2:49 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 23, 2:49 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Aug 23, 8:50 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Cowlitz | 11 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:37 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 8 hr | |
| Aug 24, 2:45 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 18 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:53 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Aug 26, 2:46 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 38 hr | |
| Aug 28, 8:46 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 30, 2:46 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 8 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 2 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 3 |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 15 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 4 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 25 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Skamania County7
- Cowlitz County6
- Clark County4
- Grays Harbor County4
- Jefferson County4
- King County4
- Lewis County4
- Pierce County4
- Kitsap County3
- Mason County3
- Thurston County3
- Clallam County3
- Klickitat County2
- Island County2
- San Juan County2
- Skagit County2
- Snohomish County2
- Whatcom County2
- Benton County1
- Columbia County1
- Franklin County1
- Walla Walla County1
- Kittitas County1
- Yakima County1
- Ferry County1
- Okanogan County1
- Pend Oreille County1
- Spokane County1
- Stevens 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.