Weather alerts in Washington, May 2016

63 weather alerts in May 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 May 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 63
Warnings: 12
Watches: 6
Advisories: 42
Busiest day: May 5, 20169 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
May 2, 1:22 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		41 hr
May 2, 9:05 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		5 hr
May 3, 2:31 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		24 hr
May 3, 2:31 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		59 hr
May 4, 7:20 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Walla Walla	85 min
May 4, 10:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	63 min
May 4, 10:26 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lincoln, Spokane	49 min
May 4, 11:04 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	41 min
May 4, 11:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	54 min
May 5, 12:13 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Stevens	7 hr
May 5, 1:17 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille	6 hr
May 5, 2:49 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		11 hr
May 5, 1:22 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 days
May 6, 2:46 AM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
May 6, 2:51 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		40 hr
May 8, 3:11 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	20 hr
May 8, 2:57 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		18 hr
May 9, 8:54 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		3 hr
May 10, 2:46 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		21 hr
May 11, 2:44 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		27 hr
May 12, 2:39 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		21 hr
May 13, 2:41 AM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
May 13, 8:58 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		22 hr
May 13, 2:26 PM PDT	Flood Watch	PDT	Columbia, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	61 hr
May 13, 2:59 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		33 hr
May 14, 2:43 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		21 hr
May 15, 2:58 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		48 hr
May 16, 3:11 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		3 hr
May 17, 2:38 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		31 hr
May 17, 3:00 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
May 18, 3:10 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		24 hr
May 18, 3:10 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		47 hr
May 19, 7:31 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		9 hr
May 19, 3:54 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	OTX	Okanogan	81 min
May 19, 6:16 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SEW	King, Snohomish	89 min
May 19, 7:50 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SEW	King, Snohomish	55 min
May 20, 2:34 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
May 21, 3:02 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		29 hr
May 21, 2:42 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Spokane	2 hr
May 21, 3:36 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	OTX	Spokane	84 min
May 21, 4:27 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Lincoln, Spokane, Stevens	2 hr
May 21, 4:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	53 min
May 21, 4:42 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PDT	Benton, Franklin	3 hr
May 21, 4:46 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Spokane	119 min
May 21, 6:30 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Lincoln, Stevens	2 hr
May 22, 8:25 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		3 hr
May 23, 8:55 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		20 hr
May 24, 3:03 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		3 days
May 24, 1:26 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan	109 min
May 25, 2:43 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		24 hr
May 25, 2:10 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Klickitat	30 hr
May 25, 2:39 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
May 25, 4:30 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		8 hr
May 25, 4:30 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		21 hr
May 26, 2:50 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		24 hr
May 26, 8:46 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		18 hr
May 27, 3:10 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 hr
May 27, 9:15 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		18 hr
May 27, 9:15 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		35 hr
May 28, 8:42 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		30 hr
May 30, 6:43 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 hr
May 31, 2:57 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		20 hr
May 31, 1:48 PM PDT	Red Flag Warning	PDT		31 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	3
Special Weather Statement	3
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	2
Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	10
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	2
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Marine
Gale Warning	6
Gale Watch	5
Small Craft Advisory	27
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	2
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	1

By county

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

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.