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Special Weather Statements in Washington, May 2023

154 special weather statements in May 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.

Special Weather Statements by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Special Weather Statements: 154
Busiest day: May 20, 202331 special weather statements

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

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 1, 9:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	37 min
May 1, 9:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	25 min
May 1, 9:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	34 min
May 1, 9:38 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	37 min
May 1, 9:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	35 min
May 1, 9:52 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	23 min
May 1, 10:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	34 min
May 3, 12:34 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	26 min
May 3, 12:49 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	26 min
May 3, 4:15 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Walla Walla	30 min
May 3, 5:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	34 min
May 3, 5:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	30 min
May 3, 7:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Skamania	31 min
May 3, 8:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Skamania	30 min
May 3, 8:17 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Skamania	43 min
May 3, 8:36 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Skamania	24 min
May 4, 5:13 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	32 min
May 4, 5:44 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	31 min
May 4, 4:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	29 min
May 4, 5:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Asotin	25 min
May 4, 5:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	45 min
May 4, 5:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	37 min
May 4, 6:13 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	32 min
May 4, 6:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	33 min
May 4, 7:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	36 min
May 4, 7:25 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	35 min
May 4, 7:38 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	37 min
May 8, 1:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Garfield	30 min
May 8, 6:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	25 min
May 15, 1:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	32 min
May 15, 1:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Asotin	33 min
May 15, 2:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Lewis	38 min
May 15, 2:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Garfield	33 min
May 15, 2:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Skamania	31 min
May 15, 3:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Skagit	48 min
May 15, 3:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Cowlitz	28 min
May 15, 4:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Cowlitz	26 min
May 15, 5:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Clark	36 min
May 15, 5:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Lewis	44 min
May 16, 12:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	29 min
May 16, 1:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	34 min
May 16, 1:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	37 min
May 16, 1:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	16 min
May 16, 2:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	30 min
May 16, 2:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	36 min
May 16, 2:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	26 min
May 16, 3:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	23 min
May 16, 4:31 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Skamania	29 min
May 16, 4:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	31 min
May 16, 5:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	37 min
May 16, 5:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	33 min
May 16, 5:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	44 min
May 16, 7:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	27 min
May 16, 7:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	30 min
May 17, 4:45 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	30 min
May 17, 4:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	31 min
May 17, 6:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PQR	Skamania	23 min
May 18, 2:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	27 min
May 18, 3:27 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	33 min
May 18, 3:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	43 min
May 18, 4:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	42 min
May 18, 4:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	28 min
May 18, 5:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	King	37 min
May 18, 6:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	36 min
May 18, 9:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	30 min
May 19, 3:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	23 min
May 19, 7:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	44 min
May 19, 8:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	33 min
May 20, 1:47 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	King	43 min
May 20, 1:52 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Pierce	23 min
May 20, 2:34 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	SEW	Pierce	26 min
May 20, 11:41 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	34 min
May 20, 12:23 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	37 min
May 20, 1:18 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	27 min
May 20, 1:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	31 min
May 20, 1:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	32 min
May 20, 2:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX		37 min
May 20, 2:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	25 min
May 20, 2:37 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	23 min
May 20, 2:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	29 min
May 20, 2:47 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	28 min
May 20, 2:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	34 min
May 20, 3:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	26 min
May 20, 3:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	26 min
May 20, 3:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	28 min
May 20, 3:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	25 min
May 20, 3:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Kittitas	35 min
May 20, 3:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	34 min
May 20, 3:42 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	33 min
May 20, 4:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	28 min
May 20, 4:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	25 min
May 20, 4:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	25 min
May 20, 4:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	34 min
May 20, 4:28 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	32 min
May 20, 4:41 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	34 min
May 20, 4:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	32 min
May 20, 4:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	32 min
May 20, 5:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	24 min
May 20, 5:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	36 min
May 20, 5:19 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	26 min
May 20, 5:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	25 min
May 20, 5:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	28 min
May 20, 5:44 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	31 min
May 20, 6:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	29 min
May 20, 6:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Chelan	28 min
May 20, 6:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	36 min
May 20, 6:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	31 min
May 20, 7:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	29 min
May 20, 7:29 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	31 min
May 20, 7:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	33 min
May 20, 8:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	27 min
May 20, 10:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	34 min
May 20, 11:22 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Columbia	23 min
May 21, 12:12 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	33 min
May 21, 12:50 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	25 min
May 21, 7:20 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	25 min
May 21, 1:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	42 min
May 21, 3:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	42 min
May 21, 3:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	34 min
May 21, 3:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	40 min
May 21, 3:48 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	42 min
May 21, 4:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	28 min
May 21, 4:36 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	24 min
May 21, 4:58 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Okanogan	32 min
May 21, 5:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	23 min
May 24, 1:50 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	25 min
May 24, 2:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	22 min
May 25, 6:03 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	27 min
May 26, 2:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	33 min
May 26, 2:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	24 min
May 26, 3:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	31 min
May 26, 5:25 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	35 min
May 27, 12:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	28 min
May 27, 12:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Yakima	21 min
May 27, 12:53 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	37 min
May 27, 12:59 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	31 min
May 27, 1:02 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	28 min
May 27, 1:16 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	29 min
May 27, 1:20 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	25 min
May 27, 1:33 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	27 min
May 27, 1:39 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	36 min
May 27, 1:57 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	33 min
May 27, 2:00 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Benton	30 min
May 27, 2:07 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	23 min
May 27, 2:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	28 min
May 27, 2:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	32 min
May 27, 2:51 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	24 min
May 27, 3:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	40 min
May 27, 3:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PDT	Klickitat	36 min
May 27, 3:34 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Douglas	41 min
May 27, 3:43 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Grant	32 min
May 27, 5:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Grant	36 min
May 27, 5:30 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Adams	30 min
May 28, 3:14 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	31 min

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