Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 1998
38 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 38
- Busiest month
- July17 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- July 11, 199811 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:22 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Walla Walla | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 3:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Grant | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 4:09 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia | 61 min |
| Apr 23, 12:41 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 1:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Walla Walla | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 1:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 2:17 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Franklin | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 2:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 2:42 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Stevens | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 2:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 4:10 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 50 min |
| May 12, 4:56 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Yakima | 64 min |
| May 12, 6:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 65 min |
| May 12, 7:09 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas | 61 min |
| May 12, 7:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Yakima | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:41 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Clark | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 2:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Klickitat, Yakima | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 4:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Klickitat | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 5:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Snohomish | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 9:08 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Whitman | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 4:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 6:19 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Klickitat, Yakima | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 4:13 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Grant | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 5:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Stevens | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 5:18 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 7:23 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 7:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 7:41 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Grant | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 7:56 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 8:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 8:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lincoln | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 8:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Grant | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 9:19 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 9:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lincoln, Spokane | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 10:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lincoln, Spokane, Stevens | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 11:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 4:51 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 1:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yakima County5
- Grant County4
- Okanogan County4
- Spokane County4
- Walla Walla County3
- Adams County3
- Ferry County3
- Stevens County3
- Klickitat County3
- Lincoln County3
- Columbia County2
- Franklin County2
- Kittitas County2
- Douglas County2
- Benton County2
- Pend Oreille County2
- Clark County1
- Snohomish County1
- Whitman County1
- Chelan County1
- Asotin 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.