Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 1997
44 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1997. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 44
- Busiest month
- July15 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 31, 199714 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 31, 9:48 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Klickitat | 57 min |
| May 31, 11:13 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Grant | 62 min |
| May 31, 11:31 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams | 29 min |
| May 31, 11:54 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 51 min |
| May 31, 11:58 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams | 62 min |
| May 31, 12:14 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lincoln | 61 min |
| May 31, 12:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 50 min |
| May 31, 12:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Garfield, Whitman | 60 min |
| May 31, 1:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 60 min |
| May 31, 1:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 60 min |
| May 31, 1:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Stevens | 57 min |
| May 31, 1:39 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Whitman | 66 min |
| May 31, 1:53 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 67 min |
| May 31, 3:08 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 4:04 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 6:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Stevens | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 7:34 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 12:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 6:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 7:29 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Stevens | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 2:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 68 min |
| Jul 21, 3:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Whitman | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 3:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Whitman | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 3:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 4:11 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 4:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 5:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 7:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 53 min |
| Jul 30, 6:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Walla Walla | 55 min |
| Jul 30, 6:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 6:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 7:22 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Klickitat | 68 min |
| Jul 30, 9:38 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Franklin, Walla Walla | 82 min |
| Jul 31, 6:07 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Whitman | 68 min |
| Aug 6, 7:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 6:30 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Walla Walla | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 8:35 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin | 55 min |
| Aug 26, 3:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 4:19 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas | 26 min |
| Aug 26, 4:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 4:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 5:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 6:00 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Pierce, Thurston | 60 min |
| Sep 10, 5:18 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Walla Walla County9
- Columbia County8
- Whitman County5
- Pend Oreille County5
- Spokane County3
- Stevens County3
- Asotin County3
- Chelan County3
- Okanogan County3
- Klickitat County2
- Adams County2
- Ferry County2
- Kittitas County2
- Yakima County2
- Benton County1
- Grant County1
- Lincoln County1
- Garfield County1
- Franklin County1
- Douglas County1
- Pierce County1
- Thurston 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.