Alert archive / Washington

Weather alerts in Washington, 2022

1,483 weather alerts in 2022, 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
1,483
Warnings
362
Watches
169
Advisories
706
Busiest month
January208 alerts
Busiest day
January 6, 202237 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

1,483 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 Warning27
Mesoscale Discussion8
Special Weather Statement227
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning6
Flash Flood Warning29
River Flood Warning104
Flash Flood Watch6
Flood Watch32
River Flood Watch11
Areal Flood Advisory93
Winter
Ice Storm Warning4
Winter Storm Warning48
Winter Storm Watch33
Winter Weather Advisory148
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning8
Excessive Heat Watch6
Heat Advisory26
Cold
Freeze Warning10
Wind Chill Warning2
Freeze Watch3
Wind Chill Watch1
Frost Advisory8
Wind Chill Advisory8
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning1
High Wind Warning23
High Wind Watch13
Blowing Dust Advisory4
Dust Storm Advisory1
Wind Advisory74
Fire
Red Flag Warning29
Fire Weather Watch17
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory7
Dense Fog Advisory50
Freezing Fog Advisory27
Air Stagnation Outlook2
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning4
High Surf Warning3
Coastal Flood Watch1
Coastal Flood Advisory25
High Surf Advisory4
Tsunami Advisory1
Beach Hazards Statement9
Marine
Gale Warning61
Storm Warning3
Gale Watch41
Storm Watch5
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory1
Marine Dense Fog Advisory2
Small Craft Advisory227

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. January 6, 202237alerts
  2. June 3, 202236alerts
  3. August 11, 202235alerts
  4. July 4, 202234alerts
  5. December 26, 202232alerts
  6. November 4, 202229alerts
  7. July 3, 202228alerts
  8. September 14, 202226alerts
  9. August 25, 202222alerts
  10. February 28, 202221alerts
  11. June 5, 202221alerts
  12. March 1, 202219alerts

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.