Alert archive / Washington / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Washington, 2008
9 flood watches in 2008. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- November3 flood watches
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20081 flood watches
Over time
By month
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 15, 1:45 PM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane and 1 more | 31 hr |
| May 16, 12:09 PM PDT | Flood Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish | 57 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:07 AM PDT | Flood Watch | SEW | Whatcom | 6 hr |
| Nov 4, 10:13 PM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 6 more | 3 days |
| Nov 10, 3:30 AM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 6 more | 65 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:57 PM PST | Flood Watch | PQR | 33 hr | |
| Dec 26, 4:10 AM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap and 8 more | 47 hr |
| Dec 26, 7:46 PM PST | Flood Watch | PQR | 52 hr | |
| Dec 27, 4:34 PM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- King County4
- Lewis County4
- Pierce County4
- Skagit County4
- Snohomish County4
- Whatcom County4
- Clallam County3
- Grays Harbor County3
- Jefferson County3
- Kitsap County3
- Mason County3
- Thurston County3
- Chelan County1
- Douglas County1
- Ferry County1
- Okanogan County1
- Pend Oreille County1
- Spokane County1
- Stevens County1
- Island County1
- San Juan County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.