Alert archive / Washington / Special Weather Statements
Special Weather Statements in Washington, 2026
205 special weather statements in 2026. 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
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- Special Weather Statements
- 205
- Busiest month
- August64 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- May 29, 202629 special weather statements
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 7:40 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | PQR | Pacific | 35 min |
| Jan 7, 6:01 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 29 min |
| Jan 7, 6:15 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 30 min |
| Jan 7, 6:30 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 30 min |
| Jan 7, 7:26 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 34 min |
| Jan 7, 8:15 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 30 min |
| Feb 17, 4:54 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 51 min |
| Feb 18, 6:41 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 49 min |
| Feb 19, 4:02 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 28 min |
| Feb 19, 4:51 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 54 min |
| Feb 19, 6:42 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 33 min |
| Feb 19, 7:20 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens | 85 min |
| Feb 19, 8:46 AM PST | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 5:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 6:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 45 min |
| Apr 1, 6:54 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 51 min |
| Apr 12, 4:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 34 min |
| Apr 12, 5:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 30 min |
| Apr 12, 5:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 1:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 2:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 3:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 2:34 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Kitsap | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 3:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Kitsap | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 4:38 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 22 min |
| May 6, 7:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 28 min |
| May 12, 8:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 24 min |
| May 12, 8:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 32 min |
| May 12, 9:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 51 min |
| May 12, 10:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PQR | Skamania | 26 min |
| May 12, 10:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 43 min |
| May 12, 11:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 49 min |
| May 13, 12:45 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 45 min |
| May 13, 1:59 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 46 min |
| May 13, 2:02 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 28 min |
| May 13, 2:30 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 45 min |
| May 13, 2:44 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 46 min |
| May 16, 12:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 22 min |
| May 16, 12:54 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 36 min |
| May 16, 2:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Benton | 25 min |
| May 16, 5:49 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 26 min |
| May 16, 5:58 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 32 min |
| May 16, 6:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Benton | 27 min |
| May 16, 6:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Benton | 14 min |
| May 17, 6:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 29 min |
| May 17, 6:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 44 min |
| May 25, 6:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 24 min |
| May 25, 8:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 29 min |
| May 28, 2:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Yakima | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:49 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Benton | 26 min |
| May 28, 6:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 28 min |
| May 28, 6:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 64 min |
| May 28, 6:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Franklin | 34 min |
| May 28, 6:50 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 25 min |
| May 28, 6:55 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 35 min |
| May 28, 7:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 57 min |
| May 28, 7:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Franklin | 25 min |
| May 28, 7:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 39 min |
| May 28, 7:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Benton | 24 min |
| May 28, 7:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Yakima | 38 min |
| May 28, 7:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Franklin | 32 min |
| May 28, 7:17 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Franklin | 28 min |
| May 28, 7:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams | 51 min |
| May 28, 7:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 59 min |
| May 28, 7:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Franklin | 49 min |
| May 28, 7:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Benton | 46 min |
| May 28, 7:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 87 min |
| May 28, 8:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 56 min |
| May 28, 8:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Yakima | 26 min |
| May 28, 8:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 64 min |
| May 28, 8:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Klickitat | 36 min |
| May 28, 8:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 28, 8:48 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Skamania | 27 min |
| May 28, 9:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 44 min |
| May 28, 9:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Yakima | 36 min |
| May 28, 9:38 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 37 min |
| May 28, 9:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:34 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 26 min |
| May 29, 7:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 4:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 6:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 6:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 6:32 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 6:57 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 7:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 8:36 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 9:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 9:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 4:37 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 5:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 4:01 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 4:35 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 5:13 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 5:58 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 32 min |
| Jul 15, 4:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 4:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PQR | Skamania | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 4:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 5:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 10:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Walla Walla | 31 min |
| Jul 15, 11:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Adams | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 8:22 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Whitman | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 1:37 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 23 min |
| Jul 17, 1:40 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 1:44 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 2:08 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 2:13 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 2:20 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 2:26 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 2:31 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Grant | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 2:49 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 3:08 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 3:18 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 3:34 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 4:46 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 4:57 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 5:05 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 5:09 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 5:18 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 5:34 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 5:39 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 6:31 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 6:40 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 6:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Lewis | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 4:41 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Asotin | 19 min |
| Jul 23, 5:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 6:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Garfield | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 4:36 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 5:30 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Chelan | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 6:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Chelan | 25 min |
| Aug 12, 6:12 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 6:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 6:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Yakima | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 7:05 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 25 min |
| Aug 12, 7:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 23 min |
| Aug 12, 7:27 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 7:34 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 8:04 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 8:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 9:08 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 9:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 10:34 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 10:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 10:38 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 11:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 11:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 60 min |
| Aug 13, 12:06 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 54 min |
| Aug 13, 12:14 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 5:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Skamania | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 5:49 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Kittitas | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 6:42 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | King | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 7:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | King | 15 min |
| Aug 14, 2:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Yakima | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 2:36 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Kittitas | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 3:03 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Kittitas | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 3:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 3:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 4:19 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 4:31 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 5:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 2:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 6:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 61 min |
| Aug 15, 6:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Columbia | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 1:11 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 1:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 2:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 4:45 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Asotin | 15 min |
| Aug 16, 5:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 5:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Asotin | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 5:39 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PDT | Asotin | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 5:52 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 23 min |
| Aug 22, 7:43 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 2:43 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 47 min | |
| Aug 22, 3:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 22 min | |
| Aug 22, 3:55 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 65 min |
| Aug 22, 4:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 24 min |
| Aug 22, 4:33 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 27 min | |
| Aug 22, 4:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Chelan | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 4:44 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 10:51 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Aug 22, 11:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 12:17 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 12:42 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 11:13 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 32 min |
| Aug 23, 11:43 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 32 min |
| Aug 23, 12:26 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 34 min | |
| Aug 23, 12:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 12:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 1:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 28 min | |
| Aug 29, 11:01 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 11:31 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Douglas | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 5:06 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Ferry | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 5:36 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Okanogan | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 8:25 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Spokane | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 1:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PQR | Cowlitz | 14 min |
| Sep 4, 3:02 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PQR | Clark | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 5:00 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | King | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 5:22 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | King | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 3:24 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | SEW | Grays Harbor | 36 min |
| Sep 6, 4:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Sep 6, 5:20 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 25 min | |
| Sep 6, 6:01 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Stevens | 29 min |
| Sep 6, 6:35 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 7:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Pend Oreille | 35 min |
| Sep 13, 2:37 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | Asotin | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spokane County24
- Ferry County24
- Lincoln County19
- Stevens County17
- Pend Oreille County15
- Okanogan County12
- Asotin County12
- Douglas County11
- Whitman County8
- Kittitas County8
- Benton County6
- Yakima County6
- Walla Walla County5
- Columbia County5
- Franklin County5
- Skamania County4
- King County4
- Garfield County3
- Grant County3
- Chelan County3
- Kitsap County2
- Adams County2
- Pacific County1
- Klickitat County1
- Lewis County1
- Cowlitz County1
- Clark County1
- Grays Harbor 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.