Alert archive / Washington

Weather alerts in Washington, 2016

1,308 weather alerts in 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
1,308
Warnings
329
Watches
190
Advisories
740
Busiest month
December170 alerts
Busiest day
October 14, 201637 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

1,308 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 Warning11
Tornado Warning4
Severe Thunderstorm Watch1
Mesoscale Discussion4
Special Weather Statement45
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning7
Flash Flood Warning10
River Flood Warning57
Flash Flood Watch2
Flood Watch27
River Flood Watch5
Areal Flood Advisory56
River Flood Advisory1
Winter
Ice Storm Warning1
Winter Storm Warning34
Winter Storm Watch30
Freezing Rain Advisory12
Winter Weather Advisory123
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning4
Excessive Heat Watch3
Heat Advisory7
Cold
Freeze Warning7
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning22
High Wind Watch18
Blowing Dust Advisory2
Wind Advisory66
Fire
Red Flag Warning31
Fire Weather Watch22
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory5
Dense Fog Advisory15
Freezing Fog Advisory2
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning2
High Surf Warning5
Coastal Flood Watch1
Coastal Flood Advisory24
High Surf Advisory22
Marine
Gale Warning118
Special Marine Warning10
Storm Warning6
Gale Watch78
Storm Watch3
Small Craft Advisory312
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas54
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. October 14, 201637alerts
  2. December 19, 201621alerts
  3. January 28, 201618alerts
  4. February 15, 201618alerts
  5. March 12, 201617alerts
  6. March 9, 201616alerts
  7. November 22, 201615alerts
  8. January 12, 201614alerts
  9. July 22, 201612alerts
  10. January 13, 201611alerts
  11. January 15, 201611alerts
  12. February 29, 201611alerts

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.