Alert archive / Washington / Tornado Warnings

Tornado Warnings in Washington, 1998

6 tornado warnings in 1998. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
6
Busiest month
July5 tornado warnings
Busiest day
July 11, 19983 tornado 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:17 PM PDTTornado WarningOTXLincoln33 min
Jul 3, 3:36 PM PDTTornado WarningOTXLincoln34 min
Jul 10, 9:11 PM PDTTornado WarningOTXAdams64 min
Jul 10, 11:12 PM PDTTornado WarningOTXSpokane48 min
Jul 11, 12:00 AM PDTTornado WarningOTXPend Oreille, Spokane60 min
Oct 3, 5:01 PM PDTTornado WarningPQRClark59 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

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19971999

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.