Alert archive / Washington / 2016
Weather alerts in Washington, August 2016
91 weather alerts in August 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 August 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 91
- Warnings
- 28
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 43
- Busiest day
- August 17, 201611 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:59 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Aug 1, 2:59 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 1, 5:30 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 9 hr | |
| Aug 1, 8:48 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 1, 2:37 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | 29 hr | |
| Aug 1, 2:44 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 29 hr | |
| Aug 2, 3:03 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Aug 2, 8:50 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 11 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:07 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 11 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:44 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Okanogan | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:50 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Okanogan | 115 min |
| Aug 3, 8:42 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 66 hr | |
| Aug 3, 2:08 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | 43 hr | |
| Aug 4, 2:42 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 40 hr | |
| Aug 4, 2:48 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 5, 2:33 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 5, 2:33 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 5, 9:09 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | 51 hr | |
| Aug 6, 2:47 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Aug 7, 2:37 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Aug 7, 12:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 12:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 2:38 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Aug 9, 8:54 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 14 hr | |
| Aug 9, 4:21 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:05 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Spokane | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Aug 11, 9:45 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | PQR | 56 hr | |
| Aug 12, 8:40 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Aug 13, 2:57 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 49 hr | |
| Aug 13, 8:14 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | 38 hr | |
| Aug 13, 2:49 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 14 hr | |
| Aug 13, 6:31 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Aug 13, 6:31 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Aug 14, 4:28 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 15, 3:56 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 71 hr | |
| Aug 15, 4:16 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 104 min | |
| Aug 15, 6:46 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 2 hr | |
| Aug 15, 9:04 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 16, 3:09 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Aug 16, 1:39 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | 24 hr | |
| Aug 16, 2:01 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 24 hr | |
| Aug 16, 2:02 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 16, 2:02 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 9 more | 48 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:04 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Aug 16, 2:04 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | 25 hr | |
| Aug 16, 9:07 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Aug 16, 9:07 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Aug 17, 12:56 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PQR | 3 days | |
| Aug 17, 12:56 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PQR | 3 days | |
| Aug 17, 1:40 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | 55 hr | |
| Aug 17, 2:21 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 33 hr | |
| Aug 17, 2:23 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SEW | 3 days | |
| Aug 17, 2:23 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 3 days | |
| Aug 17, 2:37 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 9 more | 3 days |
| Aug 17, 2:40 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 3 days | |
| Aug 17, 4:02 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Aug 18, 2:43 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Aug 18, 1:57 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 7 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:51 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Aug 19, 9:01 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | 37 hr | |
| Aug 19, 2:35 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 24 hr | |
| Aug 19, 2:35 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 31 hr | |
| Aug 19, 2:35 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | 24 hr | |
| Aug 19, 3:39 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 20, 3:14 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Aug 20, 2:19 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | 33 hr | |
| Aug 20, 2:22 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 36 hr | |
| Aug 20, 3:02 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Aug 21, 8:14 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 15 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Aug 22, 2:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 23, 3:21 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 23, 8:31 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Aug 24, 3:04 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | PQR | 65 hr | |
| Aug 24, 9:18 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 59 hr | |
| Aug 24, 2:39 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:46 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 30 hr | |
| Aug 25, 2:19 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | 21 hr | |
| Aug 25, 2:21 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 22 hr | |
| Aug 25, 2:41 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 30 hr | |
| Aug 26, 2:53 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 26, 9:11 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 26, 11:32 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | 33 hr | |
| Aug 26, 12:09 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 32 hr | |
| Aug 26, 9:15 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 29 hr | |
| Aug 27, 3:05 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 27, 8:11 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Aug 29, 5:11 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Aug 30, 2:50 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 31, 2:47 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 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 | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 2 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 17 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 12 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 8 |
| Gale Watch | 5 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 31 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clallam County5
- Grays Harbor County5
- Jefferson County5
- King County5
- Kitsap County5
- Lewis County5
- Mason County5
- Pierce County5
- Thurston County5
- Skagit County3
- Skamania County3
- Snohomish County3
- Whatcom County3
- Kittitas County2
- Yakima County2
- Okanogan County2
- Pend Oreille County2
- Spokane County2
- Island County2
- San Juan County2
- Chelan County1
- Douglas County1
- Grant County1
- Whitman 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.