Alert archive / Washington / 2020
Weather alerts in Washington, September 2020
73 weather alerts in September 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 September 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 73
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 39
- Busiest day
- September 6, 202012 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:47 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 41 hr | |
| Sep 2, 6:39 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Sep 2, 6:39 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Sep 2, 7:46 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Sep 4, 2:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 29 hr | |
| Sep 4, 6:29 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | 48 hr | |
| Sep 4, 1:48 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | 39 hr | |
| Sep 4, 2:14 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 39 hr | |
| Sep 4, 2:42 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 6 more | 36 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:18 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Sep 4, 8:18 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Sep 5, 4:08 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 5 days | |
| Sep 5, 8:29 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Sep 5, 8:29 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 72 hr | |
| Sep 6, 2:44 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 6 more | 5 days |
| Sep 6, 2:50 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 3 more | 38 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:29 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 40 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:38 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | 66 hr | |
| Sep 6, 5:12 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | PQR | 8 hr | |
| Sep 6, 5:12 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PQR | 16 hr | |
| Sep 6, 5:30 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 39 hr | |
| Sep 6, 1:02 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | PQR | 54 hr | |
| Sep 6, 1:37 PM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:57 PM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:44 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 18 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:48 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Sep 7, 12:50 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 85 min |
| Sep 7, 2:09 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Whitman | 96 min |
| Sep 7, 3:48 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Whitman | 87 min |
| Sep 8, 11:21 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PQR | 8 hr | |
| Sep 10, 2:48 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Sep 11, 3:01 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Sep 11, 4:12 PM PDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 62 hr |
| Sep 11, 6:09 PM PDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | PQR | 4 days | |
| Sep 12, 5:36 AM PDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 5 hr | |
| Sep 12, 2:58 PM PDT | Dense Smoke Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:26 PM PDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 16 hr | |
| Sep 13, 8:08 PM PDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 16 hr | |
| Sep 14, 2:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Sep 14, 5:56 PM PDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 18 hr | |
| Sep 15, 3:38 PM PDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Sep 17, 7:15 AM PDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PQR | 4 hr | |
| Sep 18, 2:10 AM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Cowlitz | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:00 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Sep 18, 4:00 AM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | PQR | Clark | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Chelan | 50 min |
| Sep 18, 7:57 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:04 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Sep 22, 2:48 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 39 hr | |
| Sep 22, 2:48 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 days | |
| Sep 22, 3:10 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | 38 hr | |
| Sep 23, 11:46 AM PDT | High Surf Advisory | SEW | 53 hr | |
| Sep 23, 5:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Sep 23, 6:04 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 115 min | |
| Sep 23, 6:04 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 116 min | |
| Sep 24, 2:41 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Sep 24, 2:41 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 56 hr | |
| Sep 24, 12:32 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | Pierce | 74 min |
| Sep 24, 3:08 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Sep 24, 3:16 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 19 hr |
| Sep 25, 11:39 AM PDT | River Flood Advisory | SEW | Mason | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:20 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | SEW | Mason | 12 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:12 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 33 min |
| Sep 25, 5:00 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | OTX | Adams | 90 min |
| Sep 25, 5:06 PM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:58 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Ferry | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 6:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Sep 25, 6:25 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | OTX | Adams | 90 min |
| Sep 25, 6:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 28 min |
| Sep 25, 6:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 34 min |
| Sep 26, 3:17 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Sep 26, 4:37 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 15 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:10 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 51 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 |
| Special Weather Statement | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| River Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Dust Storm Warning | 6 |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Blowing Dust Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Dense Smoke Advisory | 3 |
| Coast and beach | |
| High Surf Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 5 |
| Gale Watch | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 16 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County10
- Lincoln County7
- Okanogan County7
- Douglas County6
- Spokane County6
- Whitman County6
- Grant County5
- Mason County4
- Stevens County4
- Jefferson County3
- Pierce County3
- Pend Oreille County3
- Benton County3
- Franklin County3
- Klickitat County3
- Walla Walla County3
- Yakima County3
- Clallam County2
- Grays Harbor County2
- King County2
- Lewis County2
- Skagit County2
- Skamania County2
- Snohomish County2
- Thurston County2
- Whatcom County2
- Kittitas County2
- Columbia County2
- Clark County2
- Chelan County2
- Ferry County2
- Asotin County1
- Garfield County1
- Cowlitz County1
- San Juan 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.