Weather alerts in Washington, December 2024

179 weather alerts in December 2024, 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 December 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 179
Warnings: 41
Watches: 24
Advisories: 111
Busiest day: December 24, 202419 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
Dec 1, 4:25 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz	8 hr
Dec 2, 1:57 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	SEW		8 hr
Dec 4, 2:05 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	SEW		8 hr
Dec 4, 7:39 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	SEW		14 hr
Dec 5, 3:02 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		12 hr
Dec 5, 8:59 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Lincoln, Spokane	2 hr
Dec 5, 2:42 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 days
Dec 6, 3:00 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		24 hr
Dec 6, 3:00 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		7 hr
Dec 6, 12:27 PM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	Mason	39 hr
Dec 6, 1:55 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 6 more	50 hr
Dec 6, 2:09 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	36 hr
Dec 6, 2:19 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		50 hr
Dec 6, 2:19 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		30 hr
Dec 6, 2:52 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		68 hr
Dec 6, 6:06 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Chelan	46 hr
Dec 6, 11:38 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania	40 hr
Dec 7, 2:54 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		30 hr
Dec 7, 1:24 PM PST	Beach Hazards Statement	PQR	Pacific	33 hr
Dec 7, 8:08 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima	20 hr
Dec 8, 3:37 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	4 hr
Dec 8, 8:22 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum	16 hr
Dec 9, 6:53 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla	17 hr
Dec 9, 8:09 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan	13 hr
Dec 9, 8:11 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania	14 hr
Dec 9, 8:11 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	SEW		14 hr
Dec 10, 2:50 AM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	33 hr
Dec 10, 7:36 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and 1 more	5 hr
Dec 10, 2:42 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		5 days
Dec 11, 12:32 PM PST	Coastal Flood Watch	SEW		49 hr
Dec 11, 3:19 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		24 hr
Dec 12, 12:47 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Dec 12, 1:44 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan	68 hr
Dec 12, 2:22 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		68 hr
Dec 12, 3:22 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		49 hr
Dec 12, 3:22 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		40 hr
Dec 13, 3:15 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	55 hr
Dec 13, 10:27 AM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	PQR	Pacific	27 hr
Dec 13, 1:08 PM PST	Coastal Flood Warning	SEW	San Juan	26 hr
Dec 13, 1:08 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW		20 hr
Dec 13, 1:08 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	SEW		27 hr
Dec 13, 1:57 PM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW		23 hr
Dec 13, 1:57 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	26 hr
Dec 13, 2:40 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		48 hr
Dec 13, 11:33 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		28 hr
Dec 14, 2:03 AM PST	High Surf Advisory	PQR	Pacific	20 hr
Dec 14, 2:32 AM PST	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Pacific	28 min
Dec 14, 5:02 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PDT	Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	9 hr
Dec 14, 1:24 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania	21 hr
Dec 14, 1:32 PM PST	Coastal Flood Warning	SEW	San Juan	2 hr
Dec 14, 1:32 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW		2 hr
Dec 14, 2:35 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 14, 2:35 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		3 days
Dec 14, 5:06 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	22 hr
Dec 15, 2:05 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		26 hr
Dec 15, 3:04 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	3 days
Dec 15, 4:19 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania	9 hr
Dec 15, 1:17 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		23 hr
Dec 15, 1:40 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania	44 hr
Dec 15, 2:04 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more	62 hr
Dec 15, 3:57 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	24 hr
Dec 16, 2:01 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		5 days
Dec 16, 11:51 AM PST	High Wind Watch	PQR	Pacific	16 hr
Dec 16, 12:12 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	46 hr
Dec 16, 12:28 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		46 hr
Dec 16, 1:57 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 16, 2:20 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	38 hr
Dec 16, 2:24 PM PST	River Flood Watch	PQR	Pacific, Wahkiakum	41 hr
Dec 16, 2:35 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	37 hr
Dec 16, 3:45 PM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	Mason	23 hr
Dec 16, 8:14 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		26 hr
Dec 17, 2:06 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		32 hr
Dec 17, 2:46 AM PST	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla	36 hr
Dec 17, 3:45 AM PST	High Wind Warning	PQR	Pacific	24 hr
Dec 17, 9:58 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Chelan	18 hr
Dec 17, 10:04 AM PST	Wind Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more	29 hr
Dec 17, 12:16 PM PST	Wind Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz	16 hr
Dec 17, 12:35 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	4 days
Dec 17, 12:53 PM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW		15 hr
Dec 17, 1:25 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW		2 hr
Dec 17, 4:03 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW	San Juan	20 hr
Dec 17, 5:07 PM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	SEW	Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Thurston	8 hr
Dec 17, 6:15 PM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Wahkiakum	26 hr
Dec 18, 4:03 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Clallam	17 hr
Dec 18, 4:04 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Chelan	6 hr
Dec 18, 4:04 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Okanogan	6 hr
Dec 18, 4:25 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Grays Harbor	18 hr
Dec 18, 5:54 AM PST	Areal Flood Advisory	SEW	Island, King, Snohomish	2 hr
Dec 18, 11:20 AM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Snohomish	18 hr
Dec 18, 11:58 AM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston	22 hr
Dec 19, 12:46 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		15 hr
Dec 19, 12:46 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		38 hr
Dec 19, 2:54 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		24 hr
Dec 19, 8:13 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	7 hr
Dec 20, 1:52 AM PST	High Surf Advisory	PQR	Pacific	66 hr
Dec 20, 2:09 AM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		13 hr
Dec 20, 2:09 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		38 hr
Dec 20, 11:05 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW		27 hr
Dec 20, 3:07 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		51 hr
Dec 20, 8:34 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		9 days
Dec 20, 11:41 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	12 hr
Dec 20, 11:46 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		14 hr
Dec 20, 11:49 PM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	10 hr
Dec 21, 9:11 AM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	Mason	9 hr
Dec 21, 10:19 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Douglas, Okanogan	7 hr
Dec 21, 2:04 PM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		28 hr
Dec 21, 6:29 PM PST	River Flood Warning	SEW	Mason	21 days
Dec 21, 7:55 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan	17 hr
Dec 21, 10:54 PM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	13 hr
Dec 21, 11:26 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW		18 hr
Dec 22, 9:09 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PDT	Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla	3 hr
Dec 22, 2:44 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	SEW		46 hr
Dec 22, 7:34 PM PST	High Surf Warning	PQR	Pacific	26 hr
Dec 22, 8:23 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		5 hr
Dec 22, 8:23 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		35 hr
Dec 23, 1:07 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		30 hr
Dec 23, 3:08 AM PST	Wind Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Walla Walla	26 hr
Dec 23, 9:35 AM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PDT	Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima	15 hr
Dec 23, 10:32 AM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW		15 hr
Dec 23, 1:04 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	OTX	Chelan	26 hr
Dec 23, 1:06 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania	24 hr
Dec 23, 1:19 PM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		27 hr
Dec 23, 3:07 PM PST	Gale Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 23, 7:06 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Okanogan	13 hr
Dec 24, 2:04 AM PST	High Surf Advisory	SEW		3 days
Dec 24, 2:17 AM PST	High Wind Watch	PQR	Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum	23 hr
Dec 24, 2:43 AM PST	High Surf Advisory	PQR	Pacific	3 days
Dec 24, 2:56 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		58 hr
Dec 24, 2:56 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		25 hr
Dec 24, 3:33 AM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	10 hr
Dec 24, 3:33 AM PST	High Wind Watch	SEW	San Juan	34 hr
Dec 24, 1:00 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania	4 days
Dec 24, 1:19 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	48 hr
Dec 24, 1:19 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima	48 hr
Dec 24, 1:30 PM PST	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla	50 hr
Dec 24, 1:31 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	PQR	Pacific	46 hr
Dec 24, 2:10 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	32 hr
Dec 24, 2:38 PM PST	Flood Watch	SEW	Clallam	37 hr
Dec 24, 2:45 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		24 hr
Dec 24, 2:56 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan	49 hr
Dec 24, 2:56 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more	46 hr
Dec 24, 3:52 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		48 hr
Dec 24, 8:07 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	PDT	Yakima	13 hr
Dec 24, 11:49 PM PST	Dense Fog Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan	11 hr
Dec 25, 1:35 AM PST	High Wind Warning	PQR	Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum	30 hr
Dec 25, 3:02 AM PST	High Wind Warning	SEW	San Juan	34 hr
Dec 25, 9:12 AM PST	Gale Warning	SEW		6 hr
Dec 25, 9:12 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		13 hr
Dec 25, 9:12 AM PST	Storm Warning	SEW		28 hr
Dec 25, 10:48 AM PST	Wind Advisory	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more	30 hr
Dec 25, 1:29 PM PST	Wind Advisory	SEW	San Juan	24 hr
Dec 25, 3:01 PM PST	Coastal Flood Warning	SEW		19 hr
Dec 25, 3:01 PM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	SEW		21 hr
Dec 25, 11:37 PM PST	Wind Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz	8 hr
Dec 26, 2:51 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		4 days
Dec 26, 9:57 AM PST	River Flood Warning	PQR	Wahkiakum	13 hr
Dec 26, 1:27 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		49 hr
Dec 26, 1:35 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima	50 hr
Dec 26, 3:59 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Chelan	47 hr
Dec 27, 2:53 AM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		25 hr
Dec 27, 3:26 AM PST	Beach Hazards Statement	PQR	Pacific	24 hr
Dec 27, 10:23 AM PST	Coastal Flood Advisory	PQR	Pacific	28 hr
Dec 27, 1:54 PM PST	Wind Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman	26 hr
Dec 27, 2:08 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	SEW		29 hr
Dec 27, 2:10 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		26 hr
Dec 28, 2:00 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania	12 hr
Dec 28, 2:36 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	SEW		12 hr
Dec 28, 3:28 AM PST	High Surf Advisory	PQR	Pacific	19 hr
Dec 28, 3:41 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	10 hr
Dec 28, 8:29 AM PST	Wind Advisory	PDT	Klickitat, Yakima	8 hr
Dec 28, 9:55 AM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	2 hr
Dec 28, 1:33 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania	38 hr
Dec 28, 2:08 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PDT	Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima	41 hr
Dec 28, 2:13 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	SEW		38 hr
Dec 28, 2:13 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW		54 hr
Dec 28, 2:38 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Chelan, Garfield	53 hr
Dec 29, 2:25 AM PST	Winter Storm Warning	OTX	Asotin, Garfield	34 hr
Dec 30, 1:45 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 days
Dec 31, 4:13 AM PST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	8 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	1
Flooding
River Flood Warning	7
Flood Watch	5
River Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	13
Winter Storm Watch	7
Winter Weather Advisory	30
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	5
High Wind Watch	3
Wind Advisory	16
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	17
Freezing Fog Advisory	5
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	3
High Surf Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	11
High Surf Advisory	8
Beach Hazards Statement	2
Marine
Gale Warning	11
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	7
Small Craft Advisory	22

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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.