Alert archive / Washington / 2022
Weather alerts in Washington, August 2022
173 weather alerts in August 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 August 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 173
- Warnings
- 31
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 45
- Busiest day
- August 11, 202235 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:01 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 1, 3:01 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 2, 2:54 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:20 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Aug 3, 5:49 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Aug 4, 2:12 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 9 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:19 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PQR | 4 days | |
| Aug 5, 10:13 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:39 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 5, 2:46 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | 16 hr | |
| Aug 6, 6:18 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 33 hr | |
| Aug 6, 2:02 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 3 days |
| Aug 6, 2:09 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 2 more | 3 days |
| Aug 6, 2:09 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more | 3 days |
| Aug 6, 3:03 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 54 hr | |
| Aug 9, 2:17 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Skagit, Snohomish and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Whitman | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 6:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams, Garfield, Whitman | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 6:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 7:03 PM PDT | Dust Storm Advisory | OTX | Adams, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 2:07 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 21 hr | |
| Aug 10, 2:50 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan | 11 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:50 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan | 31 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:24 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Clallam | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 1:08 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Asotin, Columbia, Walla Walla | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 3:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Benton | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 4:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 4:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 6:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 6:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 7:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 7:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 7:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 7:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 7:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 7:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 7:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 7:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 8:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 8:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 8:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 8:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 8:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 8:47 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 8:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 9:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 9:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Franklin | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 9:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 9:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 10:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 10:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 10:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 11:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 11:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 4:08 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 4:25 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 1:22 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 1:23 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Whitman | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:40 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 38 hr | |
| Aug 11, 2:47 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Asotin | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 3:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Whitman | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 4:34 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 5:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 5:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 5:46 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Aug 11, 5:50 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Spokane | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 6:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 6:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 8:29 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 8:46 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 9:58 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 10:10 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 10:49 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 10:58 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:17 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 1:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 1:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 31 min | |
| Aug 12, 5:20 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 25 min | |
| Aug 12, 5:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 30 min | |
| Aug 12, 6:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 24 min | |
| Aug 12, 6:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 30 min | |
| Aug 12, 7:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Asotin | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 7:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 7:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 8:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 8:49 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Okanogan | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:53 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Aug 14, 1:30 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:35 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 28 hr | |
| Aug 15, 9:14 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 4 days |
| Aug 15, 12:00 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 4 days |
| Aug 15, 12:00 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Okanogan and 4 more | 4 days |
| Aug 15, 1:24 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PQR | 3 days | |
| Aug 15, 7:14 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SEW | 3 days | |
| Aug 16, 3:11 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 69 hr | |
| Aug 16, 3:00 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Chelan | 39 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:01 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more | 46 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:10 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 58 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:36 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Aug 19, 2:15 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 20, 2:25 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 20, 2:38 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Klickitat and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:41 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 21, 2:24 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla | 24 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:35 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield | 24 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:39 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Aug 22, 8:16 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 1:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 1:53 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 116 min |
| Aug 22, 2:10 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 103 min |
| Aug 22, 2:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 37 min | |
| Aug 22, 3:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 3:37 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 23 min | |
| Aug 22, 3:55 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 4:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 50 min | |
| Aug 22, 4:27 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:33 AM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 68 hr | |
| Aug 23, 2:03 PM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens | 32 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 3:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 3:47 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 118 min |
| Aug 24, 4:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 4:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 4:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 4:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 4:30 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Stevens | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 4:42 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Stevens | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 4:51 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Stevens | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 5:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Stevens | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 5:25 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Stevens | 110 min |
| Aug 24, 5:27 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 5:33 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 5:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 5:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 6:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 6:19 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 6:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 6:49 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Spokane | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 7:29 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Ferry | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 9:16 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Stevens | 119 min |
| Aug 24, 11:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 11:14 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Lincoln, Spokane, Stevens | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 12:15 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 2:41 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 days | |
| Aug 25, 2:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 2:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 3:02 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Aug 25, 3:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 4:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 5:16 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 6:52 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Aug 26, 4:08 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 7 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:15 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Aug 26, 8:15 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 28 hr | |
| Aug 27, 2:59 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 18 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:38 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Aug 29, 1:55 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PDT | Klickitat | 31 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:55 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 54 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:13 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 54 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:51 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 57 hr | |
| Aug 29, 3:08 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PQR | 30 hr | |
| Aug 30, 2:35 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 20 hr | |
| Aug 30, 2:47 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 29 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 31, 2:10 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 25 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:21 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams | 24 min |
| Aug 31, 4:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 21 min |
| Aug 31, 4:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 33 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 10 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 2 |
| Special Weather Statement | 86 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 8 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 4 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 15 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Dust Storm Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 9 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 3 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 18 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ferry County22
- Okanogan County22
- Columbia County21
- Spokane County19
- Asotin County19
- Garfield County19
- Stevens County18
- Walla Walla County18
- Douglas County12
- Adams County12
- Chelan County11
- Pend Oreille County10
- Yakima County10
- Lincoln County10
- Whitman County10
- Grant County9
- Benton County8
- Franklin County8
- Klickitat County8
- Kittitas County7
- Clallam County2
- King County2
- Skagit County2
- Snohomish County2
- Whatcom County2
- Grays Harbor County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lewis County1
- Pierce County1
- Skamania 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.