Areal Flood Warnings in Washington
194 areal flood warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of areal flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 194
- Busiest year
- 201724 areal flood warnings
- Average year
- 10over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Snohomish County28
- Kittitas County26
- King County24
- Okanogan County24
- Mason County18
- Yakima County17
- Jefferson County16
- Whatcom County16
- Spokane County16
- Pierce County15
- Stevens County15
- Ferry County14
- Lewis County13
- Pend Oreille County13
- Clallam County12
- Clark County12
- Cowlitz County11
- Grays Harbor County11
- Asotin County11
- Chelan County11
- Whitman County11
- Skagit County10
- Thurston County10
- Walla Walla County10
- Kitsap County9
- Garfield County9
- Columbia County9
- Lincoln County9
- Pacific County8
- Skamania County8
- Douglas County8
- Wahkiakum County7
- Klickitat County4
- Adams County2
- Benton County1
- Franklin County1
- Grant County1
- Island County1
The latest areal flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:43 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Stevens | 6 min |
| Mar 24, 3:59 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | PDT | Kittitas | 14 hr |
| Mar 21, 8:34 AM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 17 days |
| Mar 20, 5:12 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 11 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:15 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | PDT | Kittitas | 63 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:11 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 4 days |
| Mar 14, 12:29 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | PDT | Walla Walla | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:08 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 34 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:17 AM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Whitman | 13 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:08 PM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 4 days |
| Mar 7, 9:28 PM PST | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | Chelan | 44 hr |
Nearby
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.