Weather alerts in Washington, March 2023

94 weather alerts in March 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 March 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 94
Warnings: 22
Watches: 15
Advisories: 53
Busiest day: March 1, 202313 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
Feb 28, 7:20 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Garfield	55 min
Mar 1, 2:20 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Chelan	56 hr
Mar 1, 2:20 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	65 hr
Mar 1, 2:29 AM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		11 hr
Mar 1, 2:29 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 days
Mar 1, 2:30 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	56 hr
Mar 1, 2:40 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	OTX	Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman	7 hr
Mar 1, 4:02 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		54 hr
Mar 1, 4:02 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		42 hr
Mar 1, 4:05 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		39 hr
Mar 1, 4:05 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		39 hr
Mar 1, 1:36 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW		18 hr
Mar 1, 1:58 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		32 hr
Mar 2, 2:19 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Mar 2, 12:22 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR		16 hr
Mar 2, 2:17 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
Mar 3, 2:40 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		57 hr
Mar 3, 3:11 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		11 hr
Mar 3, 3:11 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		37 hr
Mar 3, 4:20 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		35 hr
Mar 3, 4:20 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		35 hr
Mar 3, 2:22 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Grant	44 hr
Mar 3, 2:28 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		26 hr
Mar 4, 3:08 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	27 hr
Mar 4, 2:35 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		13 hr
Mar 4, 2:35 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		61 hr
Mar 5, 2:43 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		46 hr
Mar 6, 2:33 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman	7 hr
Mar 6, 1:37 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		4 hr
Mar 7, 2:32 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Mar 7, 2:32 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		67 hr
Mar 7, 4:46 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Thurston	44 min
Mar 8, 2:13 AM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Mar 8, 2:13 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		44 hr
Mar 8, 1:26 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane	15 hr
Mar 8, 2:38 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		43 hr
Mar 8, 2:48 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	12 hr
Mar 8, 2:48 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	55 hr
Mar 8, 2:48 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	55 hr
Mar 8, 9:28 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		45 hr
Mar 9, 3:48 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more	54 hr
Mar 9, 4:18 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		42 hr
Mar 9, 8:24 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Mar 9, 3:34 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Douglas, Grant	20 hr
Mar 10, 2:32 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		37 hr
Mar 12, 1:31 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR		11 hr
Mar 12, 3:11 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		45 hr
Mar 12, 3:29 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Chelan, Ferry, Okanogan	51 hr
Mar 12, 3:30 AM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		47 hr
Mar 12, 3:30 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		47 hr
Mar 12, 3:42 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	43 hr
Mar 12, 1:25 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		32 hr
Mar 13, 2:22 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
Mar 14, 2:40 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		41 hr
Mar 16, 2:53 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		35 hr
Mar 21, 2:44 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	PQR		24 hr
Mar 21, 2:46 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		24 hr
Mar 22, 2:54 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 days
Mar 22, 3:47 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima	3 days
Mar 22, 12:54 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	70 hr
Mar 22, 1:16 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Chelan	64 hr
Mar 22, 2:25 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		68 hr
Mar 22, 2:58 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		62 hr
Mar 22, 5:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Clark	30 min
Mar 22, 6:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Clark	23 min
Mar 23, 2:52 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		20 hr
Mar 23, 2:52 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		11 hr
Mar 23, 3:20 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	20 hr
Mar 23, 2:20 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		13 hr
Mar 24, 2:59 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		16 hr
Mar 24, 2:25 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
Mar 26, 2:01 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		60 hr
Mar 27, 3:15 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	SEW		35 hr
Mar 27, 3:51 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	51 hr
Mar 27, 8:01 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		18 hr
Mar 28, 2:26 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		19 hr
Mar 28, 3:03 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Chelan, Douglas	27 hr
Mar 29, 2:25 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		45 hr
Mar 29, 8:27 AM PDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PQR		2 hr
Mar 29, 9:29 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	26 hr
Mar 29, 2:35 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	PQR		24 hr
Mar 29, 2:36 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	24 hr
Mar 29, 2:46 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		24 hr
Mar 29, 6:54 PM PDT	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Chelan	20 hr
Mar 30, 2:41 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima	3 days
Mar 30, 2:46 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Asotin, Chelan, Garfield	56 hr
Mar 30, 2:54 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	PQR		4 days
Mar 30, 2:54 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR		13 hr
Mar 30, 2:56 PM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		3 days
Mar 30, 3:53 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		4 hr
Mar 30, 3:53 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		57 hr
Mar 30, 7:53 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		25 hr
Mar 31, 4:02 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		37 hr
Mar 31, 12:14 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan	22 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
Special Weather Statement	4
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	14
Winter Storm Watch	10
Winter Weather Advisory	27
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	3
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	2
Marine
Gale Warning	8
Gale Watch	5
Small Craft Advisory	21

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.