Alert archive / Washington

Weather alerts in Washington, 2017

1,428 weather alerts in 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
1,428
Warnings
415
Watches
197
Advisories
733
Busiest month
November188 alerts
Busiest day
May 5, 201743 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

1,428 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 Warning27
Tornado Warning2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch1
Mesoscale Discussion13
Special Weather Statement70
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning24
Flash Flood Warning3
River Flood Warning121
Flash Flood Watch5
Flood Watch37
River Flood Watch24
Areal Flood Advisory34
Winter
Ice Storm Warning9
Winter Storm Warning48
Winter Storm Watch29
Freezing Rain Advisory12
Winter Weather Advisory151
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning3
Excessive Heat Watch4
Heat Advisory15
Cold
Freeze Warning9
Wind Chill Advisory3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning23
High Wind Watch12
Blowing Dust Advisory1
Wind Advisory62
Fire
Red Flag Warning38
Fire Weather Watch21
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory8
Dense Fog Advisory14
Freezing Fog Advisory14
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory8
High Surf Advisory9
Marine
Gale Warning100
Special Marine Warning4
Storm Warning4
Gale Watch62
Storm Watch2
Small Craft Advisory316
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas44
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar42

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. May 5, 201743alerts
  2. November 14, 201723alerts
  3. May 4, 201722alerts
  4. October 22, 201721alerts
  5. February 9, 201720alerts
  6. November 22, 201719alerts
  7. December 29, 201719alerts
  8. January 16, 201718alerts
  9. October 20, 201717alerts
  10. November 23, 201716alerts
  11. February 16, 201715alerts
  12. February 8, 201714alerts

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.