Alert archive / Washington / 2026
Weather alerts in Washington, April 2026
76 weather alerts in April 2026, 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 April 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 76
- Warnings
- 15
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 40
- Busiest day
- April 13, 202611 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:45 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Apr 1, 5:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 6:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 45 min |
| Apr 1, 6:54 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 51 min |
| Apr 1, 9:44 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum | 36 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:14 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 18 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:35 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | SEW | Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Thurston | 15 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:28 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | SEW | Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Thurston | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:23 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 66 hr | |
| Apr 6, 2:02 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Apr 6, 9:33 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:44 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 30 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:48 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:58 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum | 32 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:50 AM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | OTX | Adams, Grant | 7 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:06 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 14 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:07 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:01 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 7 days |
| Apr 11, 2:07 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 5 days | |
| Apr 12, 12:32 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 22 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:40 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | 21 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 34 min |
| Apr 12, 5:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 30 min |
| Apr 12, 5:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 2:44 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 days | |
| Apr 13, 10:36 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 66 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:53 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima | 59 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:56 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | 60 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:07 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 42 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:07 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 64 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 2:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 3:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 2:33 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason | 19 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:11 AM PDT | Gale Warning | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Apr 14, 9:44 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | Grays Harbor, Island, King, Skagit, Snohomish | 10 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:55 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 15 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:09 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 14 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:19 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Apr 15, 12:39 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum | 32 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:12 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 31 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:19 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:52 AM PDT | Freeze Watch | SEW | Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Thurston | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:25 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:25 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | SEW | Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Thurston | 20 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:34 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Kitsap | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 3:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Kitsap | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 4:38 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 22 min |
| Apr 15, 10:13 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:45 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum | 22 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:49 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:28 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | SEW | Grays Harbor, King, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Thurston | 21 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:12 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Apr 19, 7:36 AM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan, Okanogan | 14 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:30 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 68 days |
| Apr 20, 1:14 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Apr 21, 2:26 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 57 hr | |
| Apr 21, 8:47 AM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 36 hr |
| Apr 21, 9:55 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 21, 10:56 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 31 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:11 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant | 30 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:03 PM PDT | Flood Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 43 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:05 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 20 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:03 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:58 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:18 PM PDT | Freeze Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Grant | 33 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:35 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | SEW | King, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Thurston | 31 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:52 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | OTX | Chelan, Douglas | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:52 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Grant | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:00 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Apr 25, 10:02 AM PDT | Frost Advisory | SEW | King, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Thurston | 24 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:59 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant | 18 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:58 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Apr 27, 2:31 PM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Apr 28, 5:14 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | Spokane | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:09 AM PDT | Small Craft Advisory | SEW | 45 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 | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 7 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 15 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Blowing Dust Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 12 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lewis County12
- Mason County11
- Chelan County11
- Grays Harbor County10
- Thurston County10
- Kittitas County9
- Yakima County9
- Adams County9
- Grant County9
- King County9
- Pierce County8
- Walla Walla County7
- Columbia County7
- Asotin County7
- Douglas County7
- Garfield County7
- Clark County6
- Cowlitz County6
- Skamania County6
- Okanogan County6
- Whitman County5
- Skagit County5
- Snohomish County5
- Pacific County4
- Wahkiakum County4
- Klickitat County4
- Lincoln County4
- Clallam County4
- Jefferson County4
- Whatcom County4
- Kitsap County3
- Benton County3
- Franklin County3
- Ferry County2
- Spokane County2
- Stevens County1
- Pend Oreille County1
- Island 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.