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Special Weather Statements in Washington, 2015

61 special weather statements in 2015. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.

Special Weather Statements by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Special Weather Statements: 61
Busiest month: May33 special weather statements
Busiest day: May 30, 20156 special weather statements

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
Feb 6, 5:53 AM PST	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane, Stevens	82 min
May 5, 2:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Snohomish	25 min
May 6, 2:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	21 min
May 16, 5:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Whitman	55 min
May 18, 5:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Thurston	41 min
May 20, 5:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Skamania	49 min
May 21, 12:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	27 min
May 21, 4:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	49 min
May 21, 5:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Whatcom	42 min
May 21, 6:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Whatcom	28 min
May 21, 7:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	43 min
May 22, 3:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Walla Walla	46 min
May 22, 5:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Adams	62 min
May 22, 8:21 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	54 min
May 22, 9:54 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	51 min
May 23, 5:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	57 min
May 23, 6:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	61 min
May 23, 7:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	56 min
May 25, 3:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	43 min
May 25, 4:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	44 min
May 26, 2:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	33 min
May 26, 3:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Franklin	47 min
May 28, 5:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	56 min
May 29, 2:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	45 min
May 29, 2:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	25 min
May 29, 3:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	43 min
May 29, 4:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	43 min
May 29, 5:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Kittitas	50 min
May 29, 5:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	48 min
May 29, 6:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Walla Walla	58 min
May 29, 6:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	42 min
May 29, 6:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	56 min
May 30, 12:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX		32 min
May 30, 5:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	57 min
Jun 1, 3:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Garfield	58 min
Jun 1, 4:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Asotin	42 min
Jun 1, 4:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	61 min
Jun 1, 4:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	56 min
Jun 1, 5:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	37 min
Jun 1, 6:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	45 min
Jun 1, 6:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	64 min
Jun 1, 8:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	59 min
Jun 1, 8:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	55 min
Jun 27, 6:36 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	24 min
Jun 28, 9:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton, Walla Walla	66 min
Jun 28, 11:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Adams	47 min
Jun 28, 11:52 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	53 min
Jun 29, 12:42 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	63 min
Jun 29, 3:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	52 min
Jun 29, 6:52 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	23 min
Jul 10, 3:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Asotin	26 min
Jul 10, 3:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Whitman	58 min
Jul 10, 4:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Whitman	40 min
Jul 10, 5:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	53 min
Jul 10, 6:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	38 min
Jul 11, 4:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Asotin	30 min
Aug 10, 4:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Asotin	57 min
Aug 14, 12:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Thurston	38 min
Sep 2, 1:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	San Juan	44 min
Sep 2, 2:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Island	31 min
Dec 10, 11:12 AM PST	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Clark	33 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.