Alert archive / Washington / 2012
Weather alerts in Washington, October 2012
73 weather alerts in October 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 October 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 73
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 45
- Busiest day
- October 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 8:37 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 1, 2:17 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 46 hr | |
| Oct 1, 8:28 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Oct 1, 2:58 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Cowlitz | 32 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:12 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 31 hr | |
| Oct 1, 3:37 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Oct 2, 9:10 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 2, 11:40 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 7 hr |
| Oct 2, 1:11 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 7 hr |
| Oct 2, 2:02 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 5 days | |
| Oct 2, 4:11 PM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 2, 4:22 PM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 6 hr |
| Oct 2, 8:57 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 3, 7:26 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 19 hr | |
| Oct 3, 1:15 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 44 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:21 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant | 30 hr |
| Oct 4, 8:33 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 4 more | 55 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:13 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Oct 5, 8:32 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 5, 9:31 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 29 hr | |
| Oct 5, 11:17 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 10 hr | |
| Oct 5, 2:32 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Grant | 18 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:57 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Adams, Grant | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:24 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Oct 9, 2:37 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Oct 11, 2:27 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 days | |
| Oct 13, 8:49 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Oct 13, 2:36 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Oct 13, 10:42 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 4 days | |
| Oct 14, 7:33 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 7 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:33 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 45 hr | |
| Oct 15, 2:19 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 42 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:39 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 41 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:54 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 49 hr | |
| Oct 15, 4:18 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 25 hr |
| Oct 16, 8:54 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Oct 16, 2:28 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Oct 18, 2:54 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 66 hr | |
| Oct 18, 2:52 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Oct 18, 11:52 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Oct 18, 11:52 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Oct 19, 3:09 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Oct 19, 2:52 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Oct 19, 3:17 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:56 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 5 hr |
| Oct 20, 2:46 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 45 hr | |
| Oct 20, 3:42 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Oct 20, 2:39 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | 20 hr | |
| Oct 20, 6:06 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Oct 21, 3:05 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 21, 2:40 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 60 hr | |
| Oct 21, 3:30 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 18 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:25 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 31 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:25 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 31 hr | |
| Oct 22, 9:06 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Oct 24, 3:17 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 29 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:57 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 12 hr | |
| Oct 25, 3:00 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Oct 26, 3:17 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 12 hr | |
| Oct 27, 3:02 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Oct 27, 3:02 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Oct 28, 9:16 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 41 hr | |
| Oct 28, 3:04 PM PDT | Flood Watch | SEW | Pierce | 11 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:43 PM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan | 70 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:28 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 2 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:28 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Whitman | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:22 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Oct 29, 2:43 PM PDT | Flood Watch | SEW | King, Mason, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | 50 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:09 PM PDT | Flood Watch | PQR | 38 hr | |
| Oct 30, 3:02 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Oct 30, 12:53 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | PQR | Wahkiakum | 40 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:01 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 51 hr |
| Oct 31, 10:40 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 8 more | 8 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Okanogan County8
- Grant County7
- Douglas County6
- Adams County6
- Spokane County6
- Yakima County5
- Asotin County5
- Garfield County5
- Mason County5
- Pierce County5
- Whitman County4
- Benton County4
- Franklin County4
- Klickitat County4
- Walla Walla County4
- King County4
- Kittitas County3
- Lincoln County3
- Columbia County3
- Chelan County3
- Clallam County3
- Grays Harbor County3
- Jefferson County3
- Kitsap County3
- Lewis County3
- Thurston County3
- San Juan County3
- Ferry County3
- Pend Oreille County3
- Stevens County3
- Cowlitz County2
- Skamania County2
- Skagit County2
- Snohomish County2
- Whatcom County2
- Clark County1
- Wahkiakum County1
- Island 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.