Alert archive / Washington / River Flood Watches
River Flood Watches in Washington, 2017
24 river flood watches in 2017. 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 river flood watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- May12 river flood watches
- Busiest day
- May 27, 20173 river flood watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 12:55 PM PST | River Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 54 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:55 PM PST | River Flood Watch | PDT | Asotin, Garfield | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:31 AM PST | River Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 34 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:37 AM PST | River Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 20 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:42 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Spokane | 4 days |
| Mar 13, 1:42 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 58 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:24 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 41 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:16 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Spokane | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 10:58 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Spokane | 49 hr |
| May 5, 10:58 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Okanogan | 4 days |
| May 9, 2:44 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Ferry | 46 hr |
| May 12, 8:53 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Okanogan | 4 days |
| May 21, 10:40 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Ferry | 4 days |
| May 21, 10:40 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Okanogan | 24 hr |
| May 22, 9:25 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | PDT | Yakima | 53 hr |
| May 23, 9:41 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Okanogan | 52 hr |
| May 27, 9:25 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | PDT | Yakima | 7 days |
| May 27, 1:00 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan | 4 days |
| May 27, 1:00 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan | 28 hr |
| May 28, 2:22 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Okanogan | 6 days |
| May 29, 9:03 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Ferry | 59 hr |
| Nov 21, 12:04 PM PST | River Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 70 hr |
| Nov 22, 11:30 PM PST | River Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan | 36 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:56 PM PST | River Flood Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 39 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.