Alert archive / Washington / 2013
Weather alerts in Washington, February 2013
81 weather alerts in February 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 February 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 81
- Warnings
- 15
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 55
- Busiest day
- February 21, 201310 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2:02 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Feb 2, 2:31 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Feb 2, 5:22 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Lincoln, Spokane | 6 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:26 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Lincoln, Spokane | 16 hr |
| Feb 2, 8:28 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 7 hr | |
| Feb 2, 8:37 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Feb 3, 8:12 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:28 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Feb 4, 2:48 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 days | |
| Feb 4, 6:39 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 5 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:27 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 5, 2:40 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 7 days | |
| Feb 5, 3:11 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Feb 5, 9:24 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 21 hr | |
| Feb 5, 2:25 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 6, 2:35 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 28 hr | |
| Feb 6, 2:35 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 33 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:07 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 33 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:03 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan | 18 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:25 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Feb 7, 12:03 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 9, 2:16 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 3 days | |
| Feb 12, 3:06 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 33 hr | |
| Feb 12, 11:15 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Feb 13, 8:38 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 13, 8:38 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Feb 15, 8:42 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Feb 15, 8:42 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 34 hr | |
| Feb 16, 8:23 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Feb 16, 8:23 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 40 hr | |
| Feb 17, 2:21 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 18, 2:37 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 18, 8:58 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Feb 18, 8:58 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 39 hr | |
| Feb 19, 6:25 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:44 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Feb 20, 2:44 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 37 hr | |
| Feb 20, 2:52 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 28 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Feb 20, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 37 hr | |
| Feb 20, 3:00 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 9 days | |
| Feb 20, 3:00 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Feb 20, 3:45 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 23 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:49 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 65 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:11 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Feb 21, 2:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 50 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:30 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 49 hr | |
| Feb 21, 2:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 50 hr | |
| Feb 21, 2:30 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 47 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:03 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 45 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:03 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 37 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:03 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Feb 21, 3:29 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 47 hr | |
| Feb 21, 6:32 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 9 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:32 PM PST | High Wind Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 28 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:32 PM PST | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:18 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | PQR | 25 hr | |
| Feb 22, 2:50 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SEW | 39 hr | |
| Feb 22, 1:02 PM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 22, 6:59 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 51 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:33 AM PST | High Surf Warning | PQR | 8 hr | |
| Feb 23, 3:56 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Feb 23, 11:05 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | PQR | 7 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:21 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Feb 23, 9:08 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Feb 24, 4:26 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 29 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:26 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Feb 24, 9:10 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 34 hr | |
| Feb 24, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:33 AM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 15 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:45 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Feb 25, 8:57 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | San Juan | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:40 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 38 hr | |
| Feb 25, 12:55 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Feb 25, 2:51 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Feb 25, 8:48 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Feb 26, 7:22 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Feb 26, 7:22 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Feb 26, 8:52 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Feb 27, 2:58 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 27, 2:44 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 days |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 5 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 5 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 14 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| High Surf Warning | 1 |
| High Surf Advisory | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 7 |
| Gale Watch | 5 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 13 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | 7 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spokane County7
- Walla Walla County7
- Lincoln County5
- Benton County4
- Franklin County4
- Klickitat County4
- Whitman County4
- Columbia County4
- Asotin County4
- Garfield County4
- Okanogan County3
- Pend Oreille County3
- Stevens County3
- San Juan County3
- Yakima County2
- Douglas County2
- Ferry County2
- Kittitas County1
- Adams County1
- Grant 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.