Alert archive / Washington

Weather alerts in Washington, 2023

1,446 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
1,446
Warnings
292
Watches
154
Advisories
666
Busiest month
May281 alerts
Busiest day
May 20, 202344 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

1,446 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 Warning32
Tornado Warning1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch1
Mesoscale Discussion3
Special Weather Statement319
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning6
Flash Flood Warning22
River Flood Warning48
Flood Watch28
River Flood Watch6
Areal Flood Advisory100
Winter
Ice Storm Warning1
Snow Squall Warning5
Winter Storm Warning38
Winter Storm Watch31
Winter Weather Advisory110
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning4
Excessive Heat Watch7
Heat Advisory13
Cold
Freeze Warning10
Freeze Watch6
Frost Advisory5
Wind Chill Advisory4
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning7
High Wind Watch4
Dust Storm Advisory3
Wind Advisory55
Fire
Red Flag Warning34
Fire Weather Watch18
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory8
Dense Fog Advisory66
Freezing Fog Advisory13
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory17
High Surf Advisory9
Beach Hazards Statement12
Marine
Gale Warning80
Special Marine Warning2
Storm Warning2
Gale Watch50
Storm Watch3
Marine Dense Fog Advisory4
Small Craft Advisory259

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 20, 202344alerts
  2. May 21, 202344alerts
  3. May 27, 202338alerts
  4. June 27, 202336alerts
  5. July 10, 202336alerts
  6. December 5, 202333alerts
  7. June 28, 202325alerts
  8. August 29, 202325alerts
  9. May 16, 202318alerts
  10. February 6, 202317alerts
  11. June 9, 202317alerts
  12. June 13, 202316alerts

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.