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Mesoscale Discussions in Washington, 2008
19 mesoscale discussions 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 mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 19
- Busiest month
- December10 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- January 27, 20082 mesoscale discussions
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 10:23 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Clark, Franklin, Klickitat | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:21 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 5 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:51 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla, Whitman | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:05 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Snohomish | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:25 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Klickitat, Skamania, Yakima | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 1:24 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:55 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Walla Walla | 95 min |
| Aug 17, 4:10 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kittitas, Klickitat, Skamania, Yakima | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:18 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 87 min |
| Dec 6, 4:20 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Pend Oreille, Spokane | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:46 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark | 4 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:33 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, King, Lewis, Okanogan and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 20, 9:39 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason | 4 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:32 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pierce, Skamania, Thurston and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 20, 8:25 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Island and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:17 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Skamania | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:26 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chelan, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Skamania, Stevens | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:53 AM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, King, Kittitas and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 29, 12:07 PM PST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Spokane | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Skamania County8
- Clark County6
- Klickitat County6
- Benton County5
- Yakima County5
- Chelan County5
- Franklin County4
- Columbia County4
- Walla Walla County4
- Asotin County4
- Garfield County4
- Snohomish County4
- Kittitas County4
- Spokane County4
- Lewis County4
- Whitman County3
- Douglas County3
- Ferry County3
- Lincoln County3
- Stevens County3
- Pend Oreille County3
- King County3
- Pierce County3
- Skagit County3
- Cowlitz County3
- Adams County2
- Grant County2
- Okanogan County2
- Whatcom County2
- Clallam County2
- Grays Harbor County2
- Jefferson County2
- Mason County2
- Thurston County2
- Wahkiakum County2
- Island County1
- Kitsap County1
- Pacific County1
- San Juan County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.