Alert archive / Washington / 2017
Weather alerts in Washington, February 2017
177 weather alerts in February 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 February 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 177
- Warnings
- 52
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 96
- Busiest day
- February 9, 201720 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2:41 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Feb 1, 3:29 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 7 hr |
| Feb 1, 5:26 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Feb 1, 5:58 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:38 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 days | |
| Feb 1, 8:11 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | 28 hr | |
| Feb 1, 9:50 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 5 days | |
| Feb 2, 3:36 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 10 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:03 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 55 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:03 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:55 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 3 more | 4 days |
| Feb 2, 1:55 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 4 days |
| Feb 2, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 45 hr | |
| Feb 3, 3:27 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Feb 3, 1:12 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 38 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:06 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 days | |
| Feb 4, 5:57 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Feb 4, 9:03 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Feb 4, 11:52 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 16 hr | |
| Feb 4, 12:25 PM PST | Wind Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 42 hr |
| Feb 4, 1:18 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | 7 hr | |
| Feb 4, 1:46 PM PST | Flood Watch | PQR | 38 hr | |
| Feb 4, 2:42 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 255 days |
| Feb 4, 8:03 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 32 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:58 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 33 hr | |
| Feb 5, 2:58 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Feb 5, 2:58 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 54 hr | |
| Feb 5, 3:32 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Feb 5, 3:32 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 46 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:11 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 27 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:16 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 31 hr | |
| Feb 5, 5:16 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 37 hr | |
| Feb 5, 5:21 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Klickitat | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:02 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 17 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:08 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 13 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:08 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | 16 hr | |
| Feb 6, 7:38 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Asotin | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:33 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Feb 7, 3:37 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 11 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:41 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 5:31 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 9 hr | |
| Feb 7, 2:08 PM PST | Ice Storm Warning | PQR | 37 hr | |
| Feb 7, 2:08 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 48 hr | |
| Feb 7, 2:35 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:02 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 7, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan and 3 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane | 42 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:32 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 284 days | |
| Feb 7, 4:04 PM PST | Flood Watch | PQR | 49 hr | |
| Feb 7, 9:04 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 31 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:49 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 66 hr | |
| Feb 8, 3:58 AM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Clallam, King, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Snohomish and 2 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:19 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | King, Pierce | 18 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:33 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Feb 8, 9:06 AM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 25 hr | |
| Feb 8, 11:31 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 7 hr |
| Feb 8, 1:04 PM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Grays Harbor, Mason | 278 days |
| Feb 8, 1:23 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PQR | 25 hr | |
| Feb 8, 2:15 PM PST | Flood Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 5 days |
| Feb 8, 2:22 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Feb 8, 2:23 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 23 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:39 PM PST | Flood Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 37 hr |
| Feb 8, 9:59 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 2 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:07 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 54 hr | |
| Feb 9, 3:19 AM PST | Ice Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:15 AM PST | Areal Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 18 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:50 AM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Wahkiakum | 32 hr |
| Feb 9, 5:52 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 42 hr |
| Feb 9, 7:00 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum | 6 hr |
| Feb 9, 8:07 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Lewis | 34 hr |
| Feb 9, 8:17 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Thurston | 31 hr |
| Feb 9, 9:49 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Thurston | 46 hr |
| Feb 9, 9:49 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Lewis | 16 hr |
| Feb 9, 9:49 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Thurston | 70 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:48 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Feb 9, 12:54 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:49 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 19 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:55 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 27 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:00 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Feb 9, 2:48 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Feb 9, 2:48 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 28 hr | |
| Feb 9, 2:48 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Feb 9, 4:09 PM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Cowlitz | 13 hr |
| Feb 9, 8:59 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Feb 10, 2:14 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Grays Harbor | 3 days |
| Feb 10, 2:14 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Lewis | 20 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:11 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Feb 10, 4:39 AM PST | Areal Flood Warning | PDT | Yakima | 32 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:21 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Feb 10, 9:24 AM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Feb 10, 9:47 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Feb 10, 9:47 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Feb 10, 11:48 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Lewis | 23 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:06 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Feb 12, 8:53 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Feb 12, 8:53 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 days | |
| Feb 13, 5:31 AM PST | Wind Advisory | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Feb 13, 6:14 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 5 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:07 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Feb 13, 8:49 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 59 hr | |
| Feb 14, 2:42 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more | 55 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:59 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 11 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:18 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 14, 6:04 AM PST | Wind Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 54 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:37 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 4 hr | |
| Feb 14, 10:48 AM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | 51 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:18 PM PST | Flood Watch | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 45 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:23 PM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 39 hr | |
| Feb 14, 1:23 PM PST | Ice Storm Warning | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Feb 14, 2:08 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 307 days | |
| Feb 14, 3:16 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 70 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:16 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:42 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 70 hr |
| Feb 14, 8:01 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | SEW | 16 hr | |
| Feb 14, 8:14 PM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 14 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:34 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:51 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 28 hr | |
| Feb 15, 3:11 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PQR | 9 hr | |
| Feb 15, 11:10 AM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Whatcom | 23 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:31 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:32 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 16 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:21 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Feb 15, 6:11 PM PST | Storm Warning | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Feb 15, 8:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 14 hr | |
| Feb 15, 9:06 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Feb 15, 11:29 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Whitman | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:15 AM PST | River Flood Warning | PQR | Wahkiakum | 9 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:58 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 99 min | |
| Feb 16, 8:13 AM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | King, Pierce | 25 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:24 AM PST | River Flood Warning | OTX | Spokane | 39 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:07 AM PST | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Ferry | 9 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:07 AM PST | River Flood Warning | OTX | Whitman | 19 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:37 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Feb 16, 9:55 AM PST | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:55 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:43 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:21 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Feb 16, 11:21 PM PST | River Flood Warning | OTX | Whitman | 18 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:51 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 33 hr | |
| Feb 19, 2:37 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Feb 19, 2:37 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 33 hr | |
| Feb 19, 2:57 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 16 hr | |
| Feb 19, 8:21 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Feb 19, 2:01 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Feb 19, 2:38 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Feb 19, 2:38 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 9 hr | |
| Feb 19, 2:44 PM PST | Flood Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 38 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:52 PM PST | Flood Watch | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 4 more | 65 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:46 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 16 hr | |
| Feb 20, 9:02 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Feb 20, 10:30 AM PST | Wind Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 7 hr |
| Feb 20, 12:55 PM PST | River Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 54 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:29 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Feb 21, 9:33 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Walla Walla | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:08 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 15 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:43 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Walla Walla | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:51 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | PDT | Yakima | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:59 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin | 12 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:09 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Feb 22, 6:17 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:42 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:49 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Feb 24, 2:11 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Feb 25, 2:51 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 days | |
| Feb 25, 3:06 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 43 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:25 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 39 hr | |
| Feb 25, 12:07 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 69 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:00 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 6 more | 68 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:43 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Feb 26, 2:43 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 22 hr | |
| Feb 27, 7:03 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 20 hr |
| Feb 27, 8:52 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Feb 27, 9:19 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 66 hr | |
| Feb 27, 2:51 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 49 hr | |
| Feb 28, 3:25 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Feb 28, 9:28 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Feb 28, 9:36 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 14 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 | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 6 |
| River Flood Warning | 17 |
| Flood Watch | 11 |
| River Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 9 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 12 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 10 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 5 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 31 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 4 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 9 |
| Storm Warning | 1 |
| Gale Watch | 4 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 23 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | 4 |
| 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.
- Walla Walla County21
- Columbia County17
- Spokane County15
- Yakima County13
- Franklin County12
- San Juan County12
- Benton County11
- Klickitat County11
- Okanogan County11
- Douglas County11
- Grant County11
- Kittitas County10
- Lincoln County10
- Adams County10
- Whitman County10
- Ferry County9
- Pend Oreille County9
- Stevens County9
- Chelan County6
- Lewis County6
- Mason County5
- Thurston County5
- King County4
- Pierce County4
- Whatcom County4
- Grays Harbor County4
- Cowlitz County4
- Asotin County3
- Snohomish County3
- Wahkiakum County3
- Clark County3
- Clallam County2
- Garfield County2
- Jefferson County2
- Skagit County2
- Pacific County1
- Island County1
- Kitsap 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.