Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 2008
55 severe thunderstorm warnings 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 55
- Busiest month
- July27 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- July 3, 200811 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 12:58 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Clark, Skamania | 20 min |
| Jan 10, 1:57 PM PST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Skamania | 21 min |
| May 24, 7:29 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Skamania | 38 min |
| May 24, 8:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Clark, Skamania | 39 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Clark | 21 min |
| Jun 11, 5:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 7:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 8:15 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 8:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Walla Walla | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 6:27 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Skamania | 18 min |
| Jun 30, 2:45 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 4:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 6:18 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Whitman | 57 min |
| Jun 30, 7:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 3:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 5:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 6:03 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Douglas | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 6:11 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 6:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 6:48 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 6:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Lincoln, Stevens | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 7:24 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 76 min |
| Jul 1, 7:29 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Grant, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 4:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | King | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 9:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | King, Pierce | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 9:48 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Klickitat | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 9:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | King, Pierce | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 11:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Skamania | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 11:13 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Lewis | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 11:38 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Lewis, Pierce | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 11:42 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Skamania | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 12:16 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 12:43 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Lewis, Pierce | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 10:14 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | King, Snohomish | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 4:54 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 5:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 5:34 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 5:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 6:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 6:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Klickitat | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 7:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 1:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 4:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 4:51 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 4:53 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 5:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 5:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Whatcom | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 6:39 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Garfield, Whitman | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 7:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 7:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 8:01 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Whitman | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 8:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 8:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 9:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 11:50 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane | 40 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spokane County10
- Skamania County7
- Pend Oreille County6
- Whitman County6
- Lincoln County6
- Okanogan County6
- King County5
- Pierce County5
- Stevens County4
- Ferry County4
- Lewis County4
- Asotin County4
- Clark County3
- Walla Walla County3
- Adams County3
- Douglas County3
- Garfield County3
- Columbia County2
- Kittitas County2
- Grant County2
- Klickitat County2
- Whatcom County2
- Benton County1
- Franklin County1
- Snohomish County1
- Chelan 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.