Weather alerts in Washington, December 2012

193 weather alerts in December 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 December 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 193
Warnings: 49
Watches: 32
Advisories: 111
Busiest day: December 16, 201222 alerts

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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
Nov 30, 8:13 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		23 hr
Dec 1, 4:03 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		38 hr
Dec 1, 4:03 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		11 hr
Dec 1, 9:54 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		53 hr
Dec 1, 12:20 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		50 hr
Dec 1, 1:43 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT		38 hr
Dec 1, 2:13 PM PST	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	30 hr
Dec 1, 2:59 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	42 hr
Dec 1, 2:59 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX		24 hr
Dec 1, 3:04 PM PST	Wind Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more	27 hr
Dec 1, 9:12 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 days
Dec 2, 2:30 AM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	9 hr
Dec 2, 1:25 PM PST	High Wind Watch	PQR		14 hr
Dec 2, 2:31 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	24 hr
Dec 2, 2:48 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 3, 3:06 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		31 hr
Dec 3, 3:27 AM PST	High Wind Warning	PQR		27 hr
Dec 3, 7:46 AM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW		2 hr
Dec 3, 8:31 AM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston	55 hr
Dec 3, 11:21 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Thurston	64 hr
Dec 3, 2:11 PM PST	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla	20 hr
Dec 3, 2:48 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX		20 hr
Dec 3, 3:26 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	19 hr
Dec 3, 3:32 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 3, 3:49 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	69 hr
Dec 4, 2:24 AM PST	Wind Advisory	PQR		3 hr
Dec 4, 2:34 AM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	9 hr
Dec 4, 3:25 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 hr
Dec 4, 3:40 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		8 hr
Dec 4, 7:32 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		2 hr
Dec 4, 11:22 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		25 hr
Dec 4, 10:27 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		8 hr
Dec 5, 2:44 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		24 hr
Dec 5, 2:30 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		47 hr
Dec 5, 2:42 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	18 hr
Dec 5, 2:42 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	3 days
Dec 5, 3:16 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Asotin, Garfield	24 hr
Dec 5, 3:50 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		48 hr
Dec 5, 8:40 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		63 hr
Dec 5, 10:42 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	52 hr
Dec 6, 9:54 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX		36 hr
Dec 6, 12:38 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		27 hr
Dec 6, 1:00 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		32 hr
Dec 6, 2:52 PM PST	Wind Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman	28 hr
Dec 7, 4:25 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		33 hr
Dec 7, 8:54 AM PST	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	13 hr
Dec 7, 11:39 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		7 hr
Dec 8, 8:51 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		6 hr
Dec 8, 2:44 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		27 hr
Dec 10, 2:58 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW		18 hr
Dec 10, 2:58 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		36 hr
Dec 10, 5:15 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		105 min
Dec 10, 8:29 PM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	13 hr
Dec 10, 8:55 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 2 more	12 hr
Dec 10, 8:57 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		69 hr
Dec 11, 2:48 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 4 more	33 hr
Dec 11, 2:56 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		54 hr
Dec 11, 3:24 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 hr
Dec 13, 9:08 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		27 hr
Dec 13, 9:01 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		22 hr
Dec 13, 9:51 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	OTX	Lincoln, Spokane	6 hr
Dec 14, 1:11 AM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	9 hr
Dec 14, 2:56 AM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 14, 2:56 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		21 hr
Dec 14, 2:15 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		35 hr
Dec 14, 2:21 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		44 hr
Dec 14, 2:30 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		24 hr
Dec 14, 2:30 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Dec 14, 3:15 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima	32 hr
Dec 15, 2:53 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		8 days
Dec 15, 3:32 AM PST	High Wind Watch	PQR		11 hr
Dec 15, 4:05 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 6 more	31 hr
Dec 15, 4:05 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 4 more	23 hr
Dec 15, 10:10 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	4 hr
Dec 15, 1:49 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		20 hr
Dec 15, 1:53 PM PST	High Wind Watch	SEW	San Juan	24 hr
Dec 15, 2:02 PM PST	Coastal Flood Watch	SEW	San Juan	24 hr
Dec 15, 2:08 PM PST	High Wind Watch	PQR		13 hr
Dec 15, 2:08 PM PST	High Wind Warning	PQR		42 hr
Dec 15, 2:20 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR		13 hr
Dec 15, 2:34 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 15, 2:34 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
Dec 15, 2:34 PM PST	Storm Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 15, 2:45 PM PST	High Wind Watch	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	12 hr
Dec 15, 2:46 PM PST	Blizzard Watch	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	12 hr
Dec 15, 2:46 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	12 hr
Dec 16, 2:41 AM PST	High Wind Warning	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla	37 hr
Dec 16, 2:41 AM PST	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	37 hr
Dec 16, 2:49 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		42 hr
Dec 16, 2:49 AM PST	Storm Warning	SEW		33 hr
Dec 16, 3:08 AM PST	Blizzard Warning	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	30 hr
Dec 16, 3:08 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	34 hr
Dec 16, 3:10 AM PST	Wind Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more	39 hr
Dec 16, 3:10 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more	41 hr
Dec 16, 3:20 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		33 hr
Dec 16, 3:31 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		14 hr
Dec 16, 4:35 AM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW	San Juan	30 hr
Dec 16, 8:53 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Klickitat, Yakima	17 hr
Dec 16, 10:40 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield	27 hr
Dec 16, 1:47 PM PST	Blizzard Warning	PQR		19 hr
Dec 16, 1:47 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		49 hr
Dec 16, 2:02 PM PST	High Surf Warning	PQR		20 hr
Dec 16, 2:04 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	21 hr
Dec 16, 2:04 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW		16 hr
Dec 16, 2:04 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	SEW		30 hr
Dec 16, 2:05 PM PST	Blizzard Warning	SEW		22 hr
Dec 16, 2:15 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW		20 hr
Dec 16, 3:12 PM PST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chelan, Clallam, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Jefferson and 14 more	5 hr
Dec 16, 4:57 PM PST	High Wind Warning	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more	25 hr
Dec 17, 4:59 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		7 hr
Dec 17, 4:59 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		19 hr
Dec 17, 8:57 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		7 hr
Dec 17, 10:03 AM PST	High Surf Advisory	PQR		11 hr
Dec 17, 10:44 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	5 hr
Dec 17, 12:19 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Dec 17, 1:33 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		13 hr
Dec 17, 3:34 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		19 hr
Dec 17, 4:57 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	23 hr
Dec 17, 8:43 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 hr
Dec 17, 8:43 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		25 hr
Dec 18, 2:37 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		43 hr
Dec 18, 2:49 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 3 more	13 hr
Dec 18, 3:34 AM PST	High Wind Watch	SEW	San Juan	10 hr
Dec 18, 3:51 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		10 hr
Dec 18, 4:08 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR		8 hr
Dec 18, 8:55 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 days
Dec 18, 12:26 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		52 hr
Dec 18, 12:26 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		52 hr
Dec 18, 2:00 PM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW	San Juan	29 hr
Dec 18, 2:00 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		38 hr
Dec 18, 2:00 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		20 hr
Dec 18, 2:34 PM PST	High Wind Warning	PQR		34 hr
Dec 18, 2:58 PM PST	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla	55 hr
Dec 18, 3:27 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 3 more	53 hr
Dec 18, 3:27 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane	43 hr
Dec 18, 3:48 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	48 hr
Dec 18, 3:48 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Klickitat, Yakima	47 hr
Dec 18, 8:01 PM PST	High Wind Warning	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	42 hr
Dec 19, 11:53 AM PST	Flood Watch	PQR		29 hr
Dec 19, 1:53 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		24 hr
Dec 19, 3:14 PM PST	Wind Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield	22 hr
Dec 19, 3:39 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		3 hr
Dec 20, 4:07 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		11 hr
Dec 20, 9:26 AM PST	High Surf Advisory	PQR		12 hr
Dec 20, 9:59 AM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	3 hr
Dec 20, 1:38 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	SEW		8 hr
Dec 20, 2:53 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		19 hr
Dec 21, 2:37 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		60 hr
Dec 21, 3:27 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		6 hr
Dec 21, 10:37 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		3 hr
Dec 21, 10:37 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		8 hr
Dec 21, 3:31 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more	26 hr
Dec 22, 2:41 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		20 hr
Dec 22, 1:49 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		8 hr
Dec 22, 1:49 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		25 hr
Dec 22, 4:03 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	44 hr
Dec 22, 10:35 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		4 hr
Dec 23, 3:07 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		6 hr
Dec 23, 3:07 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
Dec 23, 4:55 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more	33 hr
Dec 23, 9:12 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		3 hr
Dec 23, 2:26 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR		23 hr
Dec 23, 2:36 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PDT	Klickitat	24 hr
Dec 23, 2:43 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 23, 3:50 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		24 hr
Dec 23, 8:57 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		13 hr
Dec 24, 2:37 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		40 hr
Dec 24, 8:17 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	7 hr
Dec 24, 1:44 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		23 hr
Dec 24, 1:44 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		22 hr
Dec 24, 2:07 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Grant	30 hr
Dec 24, 2:39 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 24, 2:39 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Dec 24, 2:55 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	43 hr
Dec 24, 2:55 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	43 hr
Dec 24, 3:35 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW		23 hr
Dec 24, 3:36 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		23 hr
Dec 24, 3:36 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		23 hr
Dec 25, 2:36 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		66 hr
Dec 25, 12:17 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		45 hr
Dec 25, 1:07 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		25 hr
Dec 25, 8:17 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		24 hr
Dec 26, 2:36 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		12 hr
Dec 26, 2:31 PM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	19 hr
Dec 26, 2:50 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		9 hr
Dec 26, 2:50 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		25 hr
Dec 27, 2:34 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		36 hr
Dec 27, 4:28 PM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	20 hr
Dec 28, 2:54 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		49 hr
Dec 28, 2:49 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		37 hr
Dec 30, 8:24 PM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	6 hr
Dec 30, 8:50 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		31 hr
Dec 30, 8:50 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		31 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
Flooding
River Flood Warning	2
Flood Watch	2
Winter
Blizzard Warning	3
Winter Storm Warning	19
Blizzard Watch	1
Winter Storm Watch	16
Winter Weather Advisory	38
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	8
High Wind Watch	6
Wind Advisory	15
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	2
Freezing Fog Advisory	5
Coast and beach
High Surf Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	7
High Surf Advisory	4
Marine
Gale Warning	15
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	5
Storm Watch	1
Small Craft Advisory	25
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	9
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	6

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.