Alert archive / Washington

Weather alerts in Washington, 2015

1,397 weather alerts in 2015, 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
1,397
Warnings
442
Watches
177
Advisories
713
Busiest month
December346 alerts
Busiest day
December 8, 201543 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

1,397 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning22
Mesoscale Discussion4
Special Weather Statement61
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning18
Flash Flood Warning21
River Flood Warning155
Flash Flood Watch10
Flood Watch20
River Flood Watch2
Areal Flood Advisory66
Winter
Ice Storm Warning2
Winter Storm Warning26
Winter Storm Watch28
Freezing Rain Advisory11
Winter Weather Advisory85
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning4
Excessive Heat Watch2
Heat Advisory18
Cold
Freeze Warning12
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning2
High Wind Warning33
High Wind Watch24
Blowing Dust Advisory7
Wind Advisory84
Fire
Red Flag Warning48
Fire Weather Watch33
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory8
Dense Fog Advisory41
Freezing Fog Advisory4
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning4
High Surf Warning3
Coastal Flood Watch5
Coastal Flood Advisory15
High Surf Advisory15
Marine
Gale Warning83
Special Marine Warning3
Storm Warning6
Gale Watch52
Storm Watch1
Small Craft Advisory281
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas39
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar39

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. December 8, 201543alerts
  2. December 9, 201535alerts
  3. November 18, 201533alerts
  4. November 17, 201528alerts
  5. October 31, 201526alerts
  6. November 13, 201524alerts
  7. January 5, 201523alerts
  8. May 29, 201519alerts
  9. June 2, 201517alerts
  10. December 4, 201517alerts
  11. December 7, 201517alerts
  12. December 11, 201517alerts

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.