Alert archive / Washington / 2013
Weather alerts in Washington, August 2013
129 weather alerts in August 2013, 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 129
- Warnings
- 46
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 41
- Busiest day
- August 11, 201322 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:53 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Aug 1, 7:54 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 1, 12:44 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan, Okanogan | 8 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:26 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PDT | Yakima | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:31 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PDT | Yakima | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:12 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Chelan | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 3:20 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 4:04 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PDT | Benton, Yakima | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:39 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 96 min |
| Aug 1, 5:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Kittitas | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 5:41 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Douglas | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:49 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas | 116 min |
| Aug 1, 9:17 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Aug 1, 9:17 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Aug 2, 3:10 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Aug 2, 1:01 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:38 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Douglas | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:34 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 4, 1:37 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 4, 8:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 days | |
| Aug 4, 12:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 1:16 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 2:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 3:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 5:08 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Ferry | 112 min |
| Aug 4, 5:44 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Pend Oreille | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 7:53 PM PDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 6, 8:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 21 hr | |
| Aug 6, 1:43 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 67 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:18 PM PDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Aug 7, 2:21 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Aug 7, 8:11 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 5 days |
| Aug 7, 1:52 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Aug 7, 9:21 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Aug 7, 9:21 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 8, 2:42 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 8, 9:26 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Aug 8, 2:20 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 47 hr | |
| Aug 8, 2:43 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 15 hr | |
| Aug 8, 2:58 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 6 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:04 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 65 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:30 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan | 67 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:30 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 65 hr | |
| Aug 9, 8:34 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 7 more | 48 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:00 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Aug 9, 8:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Klickitat | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 9:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Skamania | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 9:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 10:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 11:45 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:32 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 2 hr | |
| Aug 10, 2:32 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Aug 10, 1:32 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Clark, Klickitat, Skamania, Walla Walla | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 4:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | King | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 5:08 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Chelan, Clark, Cowlitz, King, Kittitas and 8 more | 97 min |
| Aug 10, 5:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Chelan | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 6:32 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:43 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PDT | Kittitas | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:54 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Chelan | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 10:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 11:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 9 min |
| Aug 11, 12:17 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan, Okanogan | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:34 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Aug 11, 9:10 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 21 hr | |
| Aug 11, 12:37 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 12:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 12:54 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PDT | Yakima | 111 min |
| Aug 11, 1:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 2:19 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 41 min | |
| Aug 11, 3:23 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 14 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:27 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan, Okanogan | 108 min |
| Aug 11, 3:57 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Okanogan | 108 min |
| Aug 11, 4:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 4:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Chelan | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 4:57 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:04 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 5:10 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Chelan | 110 min |
| Aug 11, 5:40 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:42 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Aug 12, 5:15 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Clark, Skamania | 24 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 11:51 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Aug 16, 12:40 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:41 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Cowlitz | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:50 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Aug 18, 2:45 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Aug 19, 2:46 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 34 hr | |
| Aug 19, 1:24 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Clark, Skamania | 50 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:51 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 21, 3:07 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Cowlitz | 18 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:07 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 41 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:09 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 18 hr | |
| Aug 21, 4:52 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Aug 22, 8:43 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 28 hr | |
| Aug 22, 8:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Aug 22, 11:31 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Aug 23, 2:52 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Aug 23, 8:51 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 24, 8:42 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 16 hr | |
| Aug 24, 9:08 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | 5 hr | |
| Aug 24, 9:08 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Clark, Skamania | 44 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Klickitat | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 6:11 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 6:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Grant, Whitman | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 7:34 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 7:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 8:23 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Aug 25, 8:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Stevens | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 8:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 8:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 9:13 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Stevens | 92 min |
| Aug 25, 9:31 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 74 min |
| Aug 26, 8:57 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan | 10 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:08 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Aug 29, 9:47 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:48 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Chelan | 117 min |
| Aug 29, 1:25 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan | 110 min |
| Aug 29, 4:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Thurston | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 4:21 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skagit and 2 more | 84 min |
| Aug 29, 4:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Kitsap | 47 min |
| Aug 29, 4:35 PM PDT | Special Marine Warning | SEW | 25 min | |
| Aug 29, 5:05 PM PDT | Special Marine Warning | SEW | 25 min | |
| Aug 29, 5:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | King | 47 min |
| Aug 29, 5:32 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | Grays Harbor, Island, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:44 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 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 | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 16 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 23 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 14 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 11 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 10 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 9 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 4 |
| Special Marine Warning | 2 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 28 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chelan County24
- Okanogan County13
- Skamania County12
- Kittitas County9
- Douglas County9
- Clark County9
- Yakima County7
- Cowlitz County7
- King County7
- Ferry County6
- Benton County5
- Lewis County5
- Pierce County5
- Snohomish County5
- Thurston County5
- Klickitat County5
- Mason County4
- Skagit County4
- Kitsap County4
- Walla Walla County4
- Whitman County4
- Pend Oreille County3
- Grays Harbor County3
- Garfield County3
- Grant County3
- Asotin County3
- Columbia County3
- Adams County3
- Spokane County3
- Clallam County2
- Jefferson County2
- Whatcom County2
- Franklin County2
- Lincoln County2
- Stevens County2
- 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.