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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington, 2023

32 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 32
Busiest month: May15 severe thunderstorm warnings
Busiest day: May 21, 20238 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 3, 8:10 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Klickitat, Yakima	31 min
May 15, 5:53 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SEW	Lewis, Thurston	39 min
May 18, 4:12 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PDT	Kittitas	33 min
May 20, 2:01 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry	14 min
May 20, 2:04 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	26 min
May 20, 4:37 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	27 min
May 20, 4:39 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Stevens	17 min
May 20, 5:02 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Chelan	31 min
May 20, 6:32 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Stevens	30 min
May 21, 1:33 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Stevens	42 min
May 21, 2:17 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Stevens	43 min
May 21, 2:42 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Stevens	48 min
May 21, 3:10 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille, Stevens	31 min
May 21, 3:53 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Okanogan	16 min
May 21, 4:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	26 min
Jun 8, 4:10 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Spokane	50 min
Jun 13, 1:22 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille	38 min
Jun 23, 4:58 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SEW	Pierce	32 min
Jun 23, 5:34 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SEW	Pierce	26 min
Jun 27, 6:17 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lincoln, Spokane, Stevens	25 min
Jun 27, 7:21 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lincoln, Spokane	24 min
Jul 10, 3:14 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Douglas, Grant	46 min
Jul 10, 3:38 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lincoln	52 min
Jul 10, 3:57 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Douglas, Grant	48 min
Jul 10, 4:24 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Stevens	51 min
Jul 10, 4:43 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Douglas, Grant	47 min
Jul 10, 5:08 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Grant, Lincoln	28 min
Jul 10, 5:43 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Lincoln, Spokane, Stevens	32 min
Jul 10, 7:11 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille, Spokane	37 min
Sep 3, 6:03 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Stevens	27 min
Sep 3, 6:24 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Ferry, Stevens	36 min
Oct 16, 4:07 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PQR	Clark	11 min

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.

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.