Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 2013
55 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 55
- Busiest month
- September27 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- September 16, 201313 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 4, 6:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 8:04 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Yakima | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 8:23 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Grant | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 9:25 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Yakima | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 10:37 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 1:11 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 2:21 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 4:07 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Grant, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 4:59 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Lincoln | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 6:53 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Grant | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 7:41 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 7:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 1:16 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Okanogan | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 7:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 8:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Klickitat | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 9:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PQR | Skamania | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 10:47 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 12:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 5:04 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Columbia | 56 min |
| Aug 25, 6:11 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 6:37 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Grant, Whitman | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 7:34 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 7:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 8:26 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Stevens | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 8:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 8:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 9:13 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Stevens | 92 min |
| Aug 25, 9:31 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille | 74 min |
| Sep 3, 4:58 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 62 min |
| Sep 4, 8:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Garfield, Whitman | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 4:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Grays Harbor | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 5:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla | 63 min |
| Sep 5, 5:32 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Yakima | 58 min |
| Sep 5, 5:38 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SEW | Lewis, Thurston | 67 min |
| Sep 5, 5:44 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Walla Walla | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 6:06 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Whitman | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 6:25 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 65 min |
| Sep 5, 6:30 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Grant | 60 min |
| Sep 5, 6:45 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Whitman | 60 min |
| Sep 5, 6:49 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Whitman | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 7:51 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 54 min |
| Sep 15, 3:50 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Walla Walla | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 5:35 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Walla Walla | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 6:12 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla | 63 min |
| Sep 15, 7:21 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Grant | 39 min |
| Sep 15, 7:38 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Grant, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 7:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Grant | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 8:05 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Adams, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 40 min |
| Sep 15, 8:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Sep 15, 8:43 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Spokane, Stevens | 62 min |
| Sep 15, 8:52 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 53 min |
| Sep 15, 8:59 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Stevens | 61 min |
| Sep 15, 9:22 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 9:33 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Stevens | 72 min |
| Sep 15, 9:40 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane | 80 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grant County11
- Lincoln County11
- Adams County11
- Whitman County10
- Benton County9
- Franklin County8
- Spokane County8
- Walla Walla County7
- Yakima County7
- Douglas County7
- Okanogan County6
- Ferry County5
- Stevens County5
- Kittitas County4
- Pend Oreille County4
- Garfield County4
- Columbia County3
- Klickitat County3
- Chelan County3
- Skamania County1
- Asotin County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Lewis County1
- Thurston 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.