Alert archive / Washington / 2015
Weather alerts in Washington, October 2015
75 weather alerts in October 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 October 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 75
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 50
- Busiest day
- October 31, 201526 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 4:20 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Oct 2, 2:46 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Oct 2, 3:28 PM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 23 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:28 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:55 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Oct 4, 8:31 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Oct 6, 8:46 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Oct 7, 3:02 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Oct 8, 6:16 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 56 hr | |
| Oct 8, 6:16 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 68 hr | |
| Oct 8, 3:14 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 3 days | |
| Oct 9, 1:25 AM PDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Oct 9, 9:54 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 41 hr | |
| Oct 9, 1:47 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more | 39 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:25 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 26 hr |
| Oct 10, 9:16 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 39 hr | |
| Oct 10, 11:59 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 9 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:15 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, Thurston | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 8:46 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Oct 11, 2:38 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Oct 11, 2:38 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 40 hr | |
| Oct 12, 2:32 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Oct 12, 5:19 AM PDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Oct 12, 9:08 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Oct 14, 9:41 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Oct 14, 2:31 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Oct 18, 2:49 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Oct 21, 2:53 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Oct 21, 2:58 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 39 hr | |
| Oct 21, 8:36 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Oct 24, 2:41 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 56 hr | |
| Oct 25, 8:56 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 33 hr | |
| Oct 26, 8:53 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 38 hr | |
| Oct 27, 2:38 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 47 hr | |
| Oct 28, 2:20 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 21 hr | |
| Oct 29, 2:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 43 hr | |
| Oct 29, 1:04 PM PDT | Flood Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 6 more | 62 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:15 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 29, 3:15 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Oct 29, 9:09 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 4 days | |
| Oct 30, 6:21 AM PDT | Flood Watch | PQR | 35 hr | |
| Oct 30, 8:00 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 7 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:28 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 30, 11:54 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 7 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:17 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:13 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | King, Snohomish | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:42 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 48 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:42 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Oct 30, 3:04 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 56 hr | |
| Oct 30, 6:28 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 35 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:05 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 38 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:05 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 38 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:05 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | King | 63 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:05 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 16 hr | |
| Oct 30, 10:24 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 21 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:03 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:44 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 55 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:05 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SEW | 39 hr | |
| Oct 31, 8:08 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Chelan | 11 hr |
| Oct 31, 10:07 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PQR | Pacific, Wahkiakum | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 10:31 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Oct 31, 12:25 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 14 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:51 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | PQR | Wahkiakum | 12 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:43 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Pierce | 14 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:43 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Pierce | 13 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:20 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:29 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | Lewis, Thurston | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:35 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:42 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 37 hr | |
| Oct 31, 2:58 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 17 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:26 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Lewis | 16 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:26 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Lewis | 31 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:28 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Lewis, Pierce | 11 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:41 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 26 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:41 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 39 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 15 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Blowing Dust Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| High Surf Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 5 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 19 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | 4 |
| 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.
- Snohomish County8
- Douglas County5
- Grant County5
- Lincoln County5
- Okanogan County5
- Pierce County5
- King County5
- Lewis County5
- Adams County4
- Spokane County4
- Asotin County3
- Garfield County3
- Whitman County3
- San Juan County3
- Benton County3
- Franklin County3
- Klickitat County3
- Walla Walla County3
- Mason County3
- Thurston County3
- Pend Oreille County2
- Stevens County2
- Yakima County2
- Jefferson County2
- Kitsap County2
- Columbia County2
- Chelan County2
- Wahkiakum County2
- Clallam County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Skagit County1
- Whatcom County1
- Pacific County1
- Clark County1
- Cowlitz 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.