Weather alerts in Washington, May 2026

125 weather alerts in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 125
Warnings: 19
Watches: 5
Advisories: 43
Busiest day: May 29, 202646 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
May 1, 10:37 AM PDT	Heat Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz	60 hr
May 3, 1:25 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		40 hr
May 5, 1:32 AM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		26 hr
May 5, 1:32 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		25 hr
May 6, 1:29 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	20 hr
May 6, 3:05 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		26 hr
May 6, 7:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	28 min
May 7, 10:46 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	34 hr
May 10, 1:30 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		26 hr
May 10, 4:11 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	4 hr
May 11, 10:41 PM PDT	High Wind Warning	PDT	Klickitat, Yakima	48 hr
May 11, 10:41 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more	48 hr
May 11, 11:41 PM PDT	High Wind Warning	OTX	Asotin, Garfield	47 hr
May 11, 11:41 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	OTX	Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 4 more	47 hr
May 12, 1:14 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		24 hr
May 12, 8:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	24 min
May 12, 8:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	32 min
May 12, 9:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Whitman	51 min
May 12, 10:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Skamania	26 min
May 12, 10:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	43 min
May 12, 11:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	49 min
May 13, 12:45 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	45 min
May 13, 1:48 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		23 hr
May 13, 1:59 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	46 min
May 13, 2:02 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	28 min
May 13, 2:30 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	45 min
May 13, 2:44 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	46 min
May 13, 9:33 AM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	OTX	Adams, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman	87 min
May 13, 9:51 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		15 hr
May 13, 10:09 AM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	OTX	Spokane	36 min
May 13, 2:16 PM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	OTX	Spokane	44 min
May 14, 10:58 AM PDT	Frost Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	21 hr
May 15, 2:53 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		25 hr
May 15, 2:53 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		48 hr
May 15, 9:24 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	SEW	Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 4 more	39 hr
May 15, 10:07 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Chelan	25 hr
May 15, 8:54 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PQR	Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania	32 hr
May 15, 9:38 PM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Yakima	25 hr
May 16, 12:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Walla Walla	22 min
May 16, 12:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Walla Walla	36 min
May 16, 2:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	25 min
May 16, 5:39 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Walla Walla	21 min
May 16, 5:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Whitman	26 min
May 16, 5:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Walla Walla	32 min
May 16, 6:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	27 min
May 16, 6:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	14 min
May 17, 2:02 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		29 hr
May 17, 7:22 AM PDT	Dense Fog Advisory	SEW	Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Thurston	2 hr
May 17, 10:10 AM PDT	Frost Advisory	OTX	Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and 1 more	21 hr
May 17, 6:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	29 min
May 17, 6:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	44 min
May 18, 1:40 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		27 hr
May 19, 2:28 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		31 hr
May 20, 2:15 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		21 hr
May 21, 2:22 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		33 hr
May 22, 2:56 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		26 hr
May 22, 8:06 PM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		6 hr
May 22, 8:06 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		33 hr
May 23, 2:35 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		26 hr
May 24, 1:06 AM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		13 hr
May 24, 1:06 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		6 days
May 24, 9:56 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Klickitat, Yakima	35 hr
May 24, 1:58 PM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		21 hr
May 24, 2:45 PM PDT	High Surf Advisory	SEW	Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson	45 hr
May 25, 6:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	24 min
May 25, 8:29 PM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	OTX	Adams, Whitman	61 min
May 25, 8:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	29 min
May 25, 8:35 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla	2 hr
May 25, 10:10 PM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	OTX	Whitman	65 min
May 26, 5:38 PM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		5 days
May 27, 1:03 AM PDT	Gale Watch	SEW		24 hr
May 28, 1:02 AM PDT	Gale Warning	SEW		46 hr
May 28, 11:29 AM PDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Klickitat	3 hr
May 28, 2:34 PM PDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln and 4 more	116 min
May 28, 2:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	31 min
May 28, 3:21 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas and 14 more	9 hr
May 28, 5:42 PM PDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas and 14 more	63 min
May 28, 5:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	26 min
May 28, 6:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	28 min
May 28, 6:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Garfield	64 min
May 28, 6:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	34 min
May 28, 6:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	25 min
May 28, 6:55 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	35 min
May 28, 7:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	57 min
May 28, 7:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	25 min
May 28, 7:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Whitman	39 min
May 28, 7:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	24 min
May 28, 7:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	38 min
May 28, 7:11 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Spokane	49 min
May 28, 7:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	32 min
May 28, 7:16 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lincoln	59 min
May 28, 7:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	28 min
May 28, 7:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Adams	51 min
May 28, 7:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	59 min
May 28, 7:37 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Spokane	38 min
May 28, 7:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	49 min
May 28, 7:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	46 min
May 28, 7:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Grant	87 min
May 28, 7:56 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Spokane, Whitman	2 hr
May 28, 8:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lincoln, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman	60 min
May 28, 8:01 PM PDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas and 14 more	89 min
May 28, 8:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	56 min
May 28, 8:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	26 min
May 28, 8:06 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	OTX	Spokane, Whitman	114 min
May 28, 8:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Grant	64 min
May 28, 8:22 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	OTX	Lincoln	107 min
May 28, 8:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	36 min
May 28, 8:39 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Adams, Grant, Lincoln	91 min
May 28, 8:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	35 min
May 28, 8:48 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OTX	Adams, Grant, Lincoln	72 min
May 28, 8:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Skamania	27 min
May 28, 9:00 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OTX	Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln	75 min
May 28, 9:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	44 min
May 28, 9:05 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Spokane	86 min
May 28, 9:13 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OTX	Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane, Stevens	55 min
May 28, 9:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	36 min
May 28, 9:29 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan	91 min
May 28, 9:38 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	37 min
May 28, 9:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	62 min
May 28, 10:06 PM PDT	Wind Advisory	PDT	Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima	25 hr
May 28, 10:08 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens	67 min
May 29, 12:34 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	26 min
May 29, 7:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	23 min
May 29, 8:06 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Lincoln, Stevens	2 hr
May 31, 2:32 AM PDT	Small Craft Advisory	SEW		23 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	10
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	4
Special Weather Statement	54
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	2
Areal Flood Advisory	4
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Heat
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	1
High Wind Warning	2
Dust Storm Advisory	4
Wind Advisory	8
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1
Coast and beach
High Surf Advisory	1
Marine
Gale Warning	4
Gale Watch	4
Small Craft Advisory	18

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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.