Weather alerts in Washington, December 2017

117 weather alerts in December 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 December 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 117
Warnings: 27
Watches: 12
Advisories: 77
Busiest day: December 29, 201719 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
Dec 1, 2:24 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		29 hr
Dec 1, 2:51 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		49 hr
Dec 1, 12:59 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	53 hr
Dec 1, 2:37 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		37 hr
Dec 1, 2:57 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		17 hr
Dec 1, 5:25 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PDT	Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	16 hr
Dec 2, 2:52 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		46 hr
Dec 2, 3:48 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 1 more	35 hr
Dec 2, 7:49 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		5 hr
Dec 2, 7:49 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		16 hr
Dec 2, 1:22 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	PQR		24 hr
Dec 3, 2:56 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		12 hr
Dec 4, 1:09 PM PST	Air Stagnation Advisory	PQR		11 days
Dec 4, 2:03 PM PST	Air Stagnation Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	11 days
Dec 4, 2:05 PM PST	Air Stagnation Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more	11 days
Dec 4, 9:09 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		7 days
Dec 4, 9:09 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		24 hr
Dec 5, 3:41 AM PST	High Wind Watch	PQR		11 hr
Dec 5, 3:41 AM PST	Wind Advisory	PQR		58 hr
Dec 5, 2:45 PM PST	High Wind Warning	PQR		47 hr
Dec 6, 2:22 PM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	7 days
Dec 8, 2:15 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		42 hr
Dec 8, 9:38 AM PST	Air Stagnation Advisory	SEW		6 days
Dec 10, 9:18 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		5 hr
Dec 10, 2:44 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		30 hr
Dec 14, 1:29 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		41 hr
Dec 14, 2:29 PM PST	Freezing Rain Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	30 min
Dec 14, 2:58 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more	40 hr
Dec 14, 3:04 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	26 hr
Dec 16, 2:58 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		48 hr
Dec 16, 2:30 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	29 hr
Dec 16, 3:20 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		43 hr
Dec 17, 2:14 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		13 hr
Dec 17, 2:16 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	13 hr
Dec 17, 2:16 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	64 hr
Dec 17, 3:52 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		14 hr
Dec 17, 3:52 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		25 hr
Dec 17, 9:03 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 hr
Dec 18, 3:03 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		35 hr
Dec 18, 3:03 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		63 hr
Dec 18, 3:25 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		49 hr
Dec 18, 3:45 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		40 hr
Dec 18, 1:11 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane	27 hr
Dec 18, 2:26 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		46 hr
Dec 18, 3:39 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW		21 hr
Dec 19, 2:45 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		6 hr
Dec 19, 8:53 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		5 hr
Dec 19, 8:53 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		37 hr
Dec 19, 2:21 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		14 hr
Dec 19, 3:00 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	7 hr
Dec 19, 8:53 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		21 hr
Dec 20, 2:55 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		11 hr
Dec 20, 2:14 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		8 hr
Dec 20, 9:16 PM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PQR		15 hr
Dec 21, 4:05 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PQR		8 hr
Dec 21, 11:26 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	43 hr
Dec 21, 1:15 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman	33 hr
Dec 21, 2:33 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 21, 8:06 PM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PQR		7 hr
Dec 22, 2:42 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		36 hr
Dec 22, 2:42 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		3 days
Dec 22, 2:42 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		3 days
Dec 22, 2:58 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		28 hr
Dec 22, 2:50 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		24 hr
Dec 23, 2:51 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
Dec 23, 12:12 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR		9 hr
Dec 23, 2:34 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more	56 hr
Dec 23, 2:52 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	49 hr
Dec 23, 9:09 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		31 hr
Dec 23, 9:09 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		40 hr
Dec 24, 3:28 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman	37 hr
Dec 24, 3:31 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	30 hr
Dec 24, 4:12 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW	San Juan	32 hr
Dec 24, 9:49 AM PST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark	3 hr
Dec 24, 2:43 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	SEW		35 hr
Dec 25, 1:55 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		7 hr
Dec 26, 2:50 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		6 hr
Dec 26, 9:16 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		21 hr
Dec 27, 3:46 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	11 hr
Dec 27, 9:10 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		31 hr
Dec 27, 2:55 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	67 hr
Dec 27, 2:55 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 2 more	56 hr
Dec 27, 3:11 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		40 hr
Dec 27, 6:49 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	27 hr
Dec 28, 2:47 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		19 hr
Dec 28, 8:33 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		12 hr
Dec 28, 9:33 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	41 hr
Dec 28, 10:12 AM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 3 more	49 hr
Dec 28, 10:30 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		47 hr
Dec 28, 1:16 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	23 hr
Dec 28, 1:16 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	10 hr
Dec 28, 2:10 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		19 hr
Dec 28, 2:13 PM PST	Flood Watch	PQR		37 hr
Dec 28, 9:26 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		6 hr
Dec 29, 3:43 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	24 hr
Dec 29, 3:53 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		30 hr
Dec 29, 3:53 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	SEW		36 hr
Dec 29, 3:53 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		34 hr
Dec 29, 3:53 AM PST	Storm Watch	SEW		5 hr
Dec 29, 8:30 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Lewis	33 hr
Dec 29, 8:55 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Dec 29, 9:00 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 hr
Dec 29, 9:37 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Wahkiakum	22 hr
Dec 29, 9:53 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Whitman	24 hr
Dec 29, 10:15 AM PST	River Flood Warning	OTX	Whitman	24 hr
Dec 29, 10:34 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	24 hr
Dec 29, 11:13 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	21 hr
Dec 29, 11:13 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King	33 hr
Dec 29, 11:13 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	King, Pierce	3 days
Dec 29, 1:56 PM PST	River Flood Watch	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla	39 hr
Dec 29, 2:37 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		21 hr
Dec 29, 3:31 PM PST	Ice Storm Warning	SEW		8 hr
Dec 29, 4:36 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW		11 hr
Dec 29, 4:41 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	35 hr
Dec 29, 7:40 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PDT	Walla Walla	37 hr
Dec 30, 2:11 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		41 hr
Dec 31, 12:26 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PQR		11 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
Mesoscale Discussion	1
Flooding
River Flood Warning	9
Flood Watch	2
River Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Winter
Ice Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	11
Winter Storm Watch	3
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Winter Weather Advisory	28
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	4
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	4
Dense Fog Advisory	3
Freezing Fog Advisory	3
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	1
Marine
Gale Warning	5
Gale Watch	4
Storm Watch	1
Small Craft Advisory	21
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	6
Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar	4

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.