Weather alerts in Washington, October 2020

87 weather alerts in October 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 October 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 87
Warnings: 19
Watches: 14
Advisories: 52
Busiest day: October 10, 20208 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
Oct 1, 7:36 AM PDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PQR		2 hr
Oct 1, 12:31 PM PDT	Air Stagnation Advisory	PQR		46 hr
Oct 2, 7:45 AM PDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PQR		3 hr
Oct 2, 8:45 AM PDT	Dense Fog Advisory	SEW		3 hr
Oct 3, 2:57 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		26 hr
Oct 3, 4:17 AM PDT	Dense Fog Advisory	SEW	San Juan	7 hr
Oct 3, 5:50 AM PDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PQR		5 hr
Oct 6, 2:48 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		20 hr
Oct 7, 2:52 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		15 hr
Oct 8, 3:23 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Oct 8, 3:23 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Oct 8, 3:23 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		59 hr
Oct 8, 3:23 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 days
Oct 8, 3:25 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	29 hr
Oct 9, 3:34 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		24 hr
Oct 10, 3:09 AM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Oct 10, 3:11 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	SEW		34 min
Oct 10, 3:25 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	SEW		35 min
Oct 10, 3:33 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	SEW		27 min
Oct 10, 3:45 AM PDT	Special Marine Warning	SEW		30 min
Oct 10, 4:12 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Grays Harbor	48 min
Oct 10, 4:40 AM PDT	Tornado Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor, Mason	20 min
Oct 10, 3:47 PM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	OTX	Douglas, Grant	118 min
Oct 11, 2:25 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		28 hr
Oct 11, 2:25 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		13 hr
Oct 11, 10:37 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PQR		11 hr
Oct 11, 2:37 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman	20 hr
Oct 11, 3:14 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		24 hr
Oct 11, 3:14 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Oct 12, 2:38 AM PDT	High Wind Watch	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more	24 hr
Oct 12, 3:06 AM PDT	High Wind Watch	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	24 hr
Oct 12, 2:18 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan	35 hr
Oct 12, 2:50 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Oct 12, 2:50 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		30 hr
Oct 12, 2:50 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		23 hr
Oct 12, 3:40 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	26 hr
Oct 13, 2:42 AM PDT	High Wind Warning	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more	18 hr
Oct 13, 2:42 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	18 hr
Oct 13, 3:28 AM PDT	High Wind Warning	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	16 hr
Oct 13, 3:28 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Klickitat	16 hr
Oct 13, 12:37 PM PDT	Storm Warning	SEW		8 hr
Oct 13, 2:47 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		20 hr
Oct 13, 4:52 PM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	OTX	Adams, Grant, Lincoln	53 min
Oct 14, 2:47 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		9 hr
Oct 15, 2:04 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	30 hr
Oct 15, 2:56 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more	30 hr
Oct 15, 2:59 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Oct 15, 2:59 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		3 days
Oct 15, 8:45 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 days
Oct 16, 2:31 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		18 hr
Oct 16, 5:32 PM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	58 min
Oct 19, 4:39 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	16 hr
Oct 20, 2:20 AM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		13 hr
Oct 20, 2:20 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		45 hr
Oct 21, 3:17 AM PDT	Freeze Warning	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	30 hr
Oct 21, 2:38 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	PDT		24 hr
Oct 21, 2:50 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 3 more	24 hr
Oct 21, 3:25 PM PDT	Frost Advisory	SEW		17 hr
Oct 21, 3:28 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		24 hr
Oct 21, 4:08 PM PDT	Frost Advisory	PQR		17 hr
Oct 22, 2:38 AM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		25 hr
Oct 22, 10:59 AM PDT	Freeze Warning	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	22 hr
Oct 22, 2:45 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima	45 hr
Oct 22, 2:52 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Douglas, Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane and 2 more	43 hr
Oct 22, 2:52 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan	32 hr
Oct 22, 2:55 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		68 hr
Oct 22, 2:59 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		34 hr
Oct 23, 2:19 AM PDT	Freeze Watch	SEW	San Juan	25 hr
Oct 23, 2:19 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	35 hr
Oct 23, 3:58 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		33 hr
Oct 23, 3:22 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		44 hr
Oct 23, 3:36 PM PDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Spokane, Whitman	4 hr
Oct 24, 2:57 AM PDT	Frost Advisory	SEW	San Juan	31 hr
Oct 25, 3:09 AM PDT	Freeze Warning	PQR		31 hr
Oct 25, 2:40 PM PDT	Frost Advisory	SEW	San Juan	19 hr
Oct 26, 9:36 AM PDT	Air Stagnation Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	4 days
Oct 26, 10:49 AM PDT	Air Stagnation Advisory	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more	4 days
Oct 28, 2:42 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		8 hr
Oct 28, 11:28 PM PDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PQR		4 hr
Oct 29, 3:05 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		39 hr
Oct 29, 3:05 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		51 hr
Oct 30, 2:44 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	17 hr
Oct 30, 7:25 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Grant	10 hr
Oct 30, 11:26 AM PDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan	48 min
Oct 30, 12:14 PM PDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan	5 hr
Oct 30, 3:52 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		2 hr
Oct 31, 2:56 PM PDT	Air Stagnation Advisory	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan	4 days

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Tornado Warning	1
Mesoscale Discussion	1
Special Weather Statement	1
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	3
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Cold
Freeze Warning	3
Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	4
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	1
High Wind Warning	2
High Wind Watch	2
Blowing Dust Advisory	2
Dust Storm Advisory	2
Wind Advisory	12
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory	4
Dense Fog Advisory	6
Marine
Gale Warning	6
Special Marine Warning	4
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	8
Small Craft Advisory	18

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.