Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Washington, 2008
2 severe thunderstorm watches 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 2
- Busiest month
- May1 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 9, 20081 severe thunderstorm watches
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 9, 8:20 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Columbia, Cowlitz and 27 more | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 4:09 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 10 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County2
- Benton County2
- Columbia County2
- Douglas County2
- Ferry County2
- Franklin County2
- Garfield County2
- Grant County2
- Lincoln County2
- Okanogan County2
- Spokane County2
- Stevens County2
- Walla Walla County2
- Whitman County2
- Chelan County1
- Clallam County1
- Cowlitz County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Island County1
- Jefferson County1
- King County1
- Kitsap County1
- Kittitas County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Pacific County1
- Pierce County1
- San Juan County1
- Skagit County1
- Snohomish County1
- Thurston County1
- Wahkiakum County1
- Yakima County1
- Asotin County1
- Pend Oreille 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.