Alert archive / Washington

Weather alerts in Washington, 2020

1,257 weather alerts in 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
1,257
Warnings
333
Watches
169
Advisories
623
Busiest month
January242 alerts
Busiest day
May 30, 202036 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

1,257 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 Warning26
Tornado Warning5
Severe Thunderstorm Watch3
Mesoscale Discussion14
Special Weather Statement113
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning11
Flash Flood Warning2
River Flood Warning92
Flash Flood Watch3
Flood Watch21
River Flood Watch8
Areal Flood Advisory24
River Flood Advisory1
Winter
Ice Storm Warning1
Winter Storm Warning36
Winter Storm Watch31
Winter Weather Advisory130
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning6
Excessive Heat Watch4
Heat Advisory10
Cold
Freeze Warning5
Freeze Watch1
Frost Advisory4
Wind Chill Advisory4
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning10
High Wind Warning15
High Wind Watch17
Blowing Dust Advisory7
Dust Storm Advisory7
Wind Advisory80
Fire
Red Flag Warning24
Fire Weather Watch20
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory9
Dense Fog Advisory31
Dense Smoke Advisory3
Freezing Fog Advisory10
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning1
High Surf Warning3
Coastal Flood Advisory19
High Surf Advisory16
Beach Hazards Statement5
Marine
Gale Warning78
Special Marine Warning12
Storm Warning6
Gale Watch60
Storm Watch1
Small Craft Advisory268

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 30, 202036alerts
  2. February 6, 202029alerts
  3. January 7, 202024alerts
  4. February 7, 202022alerts
  5. May 31, 202022alerts
  6. June 13, 202018alerts
  7. February 1, 202015alerts
  8. January 14, 202014alerts
  9. January 17, 202014alerts
  10. January 22, 202014alerts
  11. June 24, 202014alerts
  12. January 11, 202012alerts

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.