Alert archive / Washington / 2017
Weather alerts in Washington, January 2017
146 weather alerts in January 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 January 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 146
- Warnings
- 29
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 93
- Busiest day
- January 16, 201718 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 31, 8:14 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Dec 31, 8:14 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Jan 1, 8:46 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Yakima | 30 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:04 PM PST | Wind Chill Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:00 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 5 hr | |
| Jan 3, 2:22 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 47 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:40 AM PST | Wind Advisory | PQR | 36 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:32 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 28 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:04 PM PST | Wind Chill Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:43 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 days | |
| Jan 5, 4:10 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:16 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 66 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:05 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 255 days | |
| Jan 6, 3:16 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:16 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 54 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:17 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 60 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:17 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 51 hr | |
| Jan 7, 2:24 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Jan 7, 2:24 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:05 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 39 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:37 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 62 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:37 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 6 more | 52 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:35 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Jan 7, 9:20 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum | 6 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:18 PM PST | Ice Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 30 hr |
| Jan 7, 9:23 PM PST | Ice Storm Warning | PQR | 30 hr | |
| Jan 7, 9:23 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PQR | 15 hr | |
| Jan 8, 2:49 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Jan 8, 3:20 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 18 hr |
| Jan 8, 7:31 AM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 7 hr | |
| Jan 8, 8:24 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 19 hr | |
| Jan 8, 10:30 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Jan 8, 3:11 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Jan 9, 2:51 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 9, 2:51 AM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 57 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:21 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 15 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:21 AM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PQR | 7 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:54 AM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 31 hr |
| Jan 9, 8:47 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 54 hr | |
| Jan 9, 10:10 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 50 hr | |
| Jan 9, 2:22 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:14 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane and 1 more | 43 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:15 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 45 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:43 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 44 hr | |
| Jan 10, 4:19 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 31 hr | |
| Jan 10, 11:03 AM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | San Juan | 22 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:08 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 10, 4:18 PM PST | Wind Chill Advisory | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 20 hr |
| Jan 10, 8:49 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Jan 10, 9:58 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 10, 11:25 PM PST | High Wind Warning | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant | 7 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:43 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 9 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:38 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 13, 9:49 AM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 4 days |
| Jan 13, 10:39 AM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 4 days |
| Jan 13, 9:10 PM PST | Wind Advisory | PQR | 31 hr | |
| Jan 13, 10:25 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 12 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:20 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Jan 14, 8:11 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:58 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 15, 2:51 PM PST | Flood Watch | PQR | 71 hr | |
| Jan 15, 2:52 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 71 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:55 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:15 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 71 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:15 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:15 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 15, 8:56 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 8 days | |
| Jan 15, 9:32 PM PST | Wind Advisory | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Jan 15, 9:35 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 302 days | |
| Jan 16, 3:03 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 16, 3:20 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Jan 16, 5:04 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 10 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:23 PM PST | High Wind Warning | PQR | 44 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:52 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 16 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:02 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 47 hr | |
| Jan 16, 3:13 PM PST | Ice Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 1 more | 43 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:13 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 65 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:13 PM PST | Ice Storm Warning | PQR | 55 hr | |
| Jan 16, 3:13 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PQR | 27 hr | |
| Jan 16, 3:23 PM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 2 more | 55 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:27 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 303 days | |
| Jan 16, 3:27 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Jan 16, 3:28 PM PST | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 27 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:32 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 42 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:31 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 17, 4:14 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 17, 6:37 AM PST | Ice Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 40 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:03 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Jan 17, 10:45 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 49 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:51 PM PST | Flood Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 6 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:44 PM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 21 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:42 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Klickitat | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:15 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | King, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston | 18 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:47 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Benton, Columbia, Douglas, Franklin, Grant and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 6:25 PM PST | High Wind Warning | SEW | San Juan | 17 hr |
| Jan 17, 9:37 PM PST | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 69 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:46 AM PST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PQR | 5 hr | |
| Jan 18, 4:00 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:34 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | PQR | Clark | 277 days |
| Jan 18, 2:31 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 days | |
| Jan 18, 2:37 PM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 36 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:51 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 10 hr |
| Jan 18, 7:02 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Jan 18, 10:12 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | 6 hr | |
| Jan 18, 10:28 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 13 min | |
| Jan 18, 10:41 PM PST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Jan 19, 2:53 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 19, 12:52 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 25 hr | |
| Jan 19, 2:07 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 36 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:50 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 19, 7:59 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Adams, Grant | 9 hr |
| Jan 19, 8:27 PM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 14 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:30 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | PQR | 44 hr | |
| Jan 20, 2:53 AM PST | High Surf Advisory | SEW | 37 hr | |
| Jan 20, 2:00 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 32 hr | |
| Jan 20, 2:52 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 20, 8:56 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Jan 20, 8:56 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 45 hr | |
| Jan 21, 12:15 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PQR | 21 hr | |
| Jan 21, 2:35 PM PST | Gale Warning | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Jan 22, 3:58 AM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 8 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:31 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan | 23 hr |
| Jan 22, 8:57 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Jan 22, 10:53 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 9 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:42 PM PST | Dense Fog Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 12 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:09 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:42 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima | 11 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:53 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | SEW | 5 days | |
| Jan 25, 2:53 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 days | |
| Jan 25, 2:53 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 54 hr | |
| Jan 26, 1:31 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 9 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:50 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 26, 9:18 AM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 4 days |
| Jan 26, 2:45 PM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 4 days |
| Jan 27, 2:42 AM PST | Freezing Fog Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 9 hr |
| Jan 27, 9:07 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 55 hr | |
| Jan 29, 8:08 AM PST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Jan 29, 3:08 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 13 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:14 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 20 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:59 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 42 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:59 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 53 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:35 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:57 PM PST | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 43 hr | |
| Jan 31, 1:42 PM PST | Wind Advisory | PQR | 62 hr | |
| Jan 31, 1:42 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 50 hr | |
| Jan 31, 2:56 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 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 | 4 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 5 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 11 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 10 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 6 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 27 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 6 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Air Stagnation Advisory | 4 |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| High Surf Advisory | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 6 |
| Gale Watch | 6 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 16 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | 7 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Rough Bar | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Walla Walla County24
- Douglas County21
- Grant County21
- Klickitat County20
- Adams County19
- Spokane County19
- Okanogan County18
- Columbia County18
- Benton County17
- Franklin County17
- Lincoln County16
- Whitman County14
- Yakima County13
- Asotin County10
- Garfield County10
- Ferry County9
- Pend Oreille County9
- Stevens County9
- Kittitas County9
- Chelan County7
- San Juan County6
- Clark County3
- Mason County3
- King County2
- Pierce County2
- Cowlitz County1
- Wahkiakum County1
- Clallam County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lewis County1
- Whatcom County1
- Kitsap County1
- Snohomish County1
- Thurston 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.