Alert archive / Washington / 2023
Weather alerts in Washington, August 2023
119 weather alerts in August 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 August 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 119
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 38
- Busiest day
- August 29, 202325 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, 2:54 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 22 hr | |
| Aug 2, 1:19 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 19 hr | |
| Aug 2, 5:23 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 16 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:17 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 14 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Aug 4, 2:14 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Aug 4, 7:38 PM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Aug 5, 2:24 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 5, 6:00 AM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane and 1 more | 62 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:58 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Aug 5, 5:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 2:42 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 6, 8:24 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Aug 6, 3:04 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Chelan | 116 min |
| Aug 6, 3:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 31 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Chelan | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 4:37 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Kittitas | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 4:47 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 5:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 6:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Yakima | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 6:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 6:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 6:53 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:52 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Aug 7, 2:36 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Aug 7, 6:18 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Stevens | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 7:46 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 7:54 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Stevens | 111 min |
| Aug 7, 8:03 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Stevens | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 11:52 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 6:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 7:11 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Stevens | 109 min |
| Aug 8, 3:02 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Aug 9, 2:42 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 10, 2:23 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | 48 hr | |
| Aug 10, 2:41 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PQR | 72 hr | |
| Aug 11, 2:18 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Aug 11, 1:15 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 48 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:17 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:27 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PQR | 6 days | |
| Aug 11, 2:27 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 4 days | |
| Aug 12, 2:52 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 12, 3:12 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Aug 12, 3:12 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:27 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Aug 12, 1:51 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 6 more | 4 days |
| Aug 12, 2:02 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 5 days |
| Aug 12, 2:05 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | PQR | 5 days | |
| Aug 12, 3:04 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | San Juan | 5 days |
| Aug 13, 3:04 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 8 days | |
| Aug 13, 3:16 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 5 days |
| Aug 13, 11:02 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 4 days |
| Aug 13, 2:48 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SEW | 3 days | |
| Aug 14, 2:50 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 15, 2:04 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 24 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:12 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:38 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:34 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 55 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:03 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Aug 16, 2:12 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:12 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 55 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:03 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Aug 17, 3:03 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 days | |
| Aug 17, 2:03 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:56 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 17 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:20 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 60 hr | |
| Aug 18, 1:38 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 57 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:56 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 29 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:53 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Aug 19, 12:59 PM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Asotin, Ferry, Garfield, Pend Oreille, Stevens | 3 days |
| Aug 21, 2:24 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Aug 23, 3:53 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania | 10 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:38 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | 10 hr | |
| Aug 23, 1:57 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania | 51 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:58 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | PQR | 42 hr | |
| Aug 25, 2:09 PM PDT | Heat Advisory | SEW | 54 hr | |
| Aug 26, 2:18 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 40 hr | |
| Aug 26, 3:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 3:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 5:11 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:47 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 43 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:26 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Aug 28, 2:20 PM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens | 39 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:02 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Island, Jefferson, Lewis, Mason, Thurston | 73 min |
| Aug 29, 4:09 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 4:47 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Franklin | 13 min |
| Aug 29, 4:48 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Franklin | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 5:52 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Garfield and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 12:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 12:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 12:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 1:04 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SEW | Jefferson, San Juan | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 1:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 1:31 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Asotin, Garfield, Whitman | 119 min |
| Aug 29, 1:37 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 1:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 2:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Franklin | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 2:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas, Grant | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 2:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams, Douglas | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 2:33 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 2:36 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Kitsap | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 2:50 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Franklin | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 3:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 3:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 3:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 5:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 6:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 47 min |
| Aug 29, 9:54 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:41 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:48 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 117 min |
| Aug 30, 1:00 AM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | OTX | Spokane, Stevens | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:37 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 51 hr | |
| Aug 30, 3:54 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:50 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Ferry | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:50 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Pend Oreille, Stevens | 12 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 | 39 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 13 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 4 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 5 |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 14 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 4 |
| Gale Watch | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 19 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Douglas County18
- Stevens County15
- Spokane County13
- Chelan County12
- Grant County12
- Asotin County12
- Lincoln County12
- Pend Oreille County11
- Adams County11
- Kittitas County10
- Ferry County10
- Okanogan County10
- Whitman County10
- Columbia County10
- Yakima County9
- Garfield County9
- Franklin County8
- Lewis County7
- Klickitat County6
- King County6
- Pierce County6
- Skamania County6
- Walla Walla County5
- Benton County4
- Skagit County4
- Snohomish County4
- Whatcom County4
- Jefferson County4
- Mason County3
- Clallam County2
- Grays Harbor County2
- Thurston County2
- San Juan County2
- Island County1
- Kitsap 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.