Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2008
51 winter storm warnings 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 51
- Busiest month
- December29 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- December 11, 20084 winter storm 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:53 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 27 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:07 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 43 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:08 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Jan 19, 9:24 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 43 hr |
| Jan 19, 7:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 15 hr |
| Jan 25, 10:44 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 53 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:35 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 42 hr | |
| Jan 28, 3:11 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 37 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:22 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 6 days | |
| Jan 30, 4:06 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman | 3 days |
| Jan 30, 7:37 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 38 hr |
| Feb 4, 1:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 4 days | |
| Feb 4, 2:24 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman | 31 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:47 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 54 hr | |
| Feb 5, 6:06 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 22 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:36 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Whitman | 3 days |
| Feb 7, 4:10 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Feb 9, 12:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 14 hr | |
| Mar 26, 9:45 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 18 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:34 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 40 hr | |
| Mar 28, 3:44 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 31 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:01 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 35 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:06 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 39 hr | |
| Dec 11, 2:10 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 38 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:14 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 71 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:29 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 6 more | 71 hr |
| Dec 13, 5:18 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 40 hr | |
| Dec 16, 2:44 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 54 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:51 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more | 61 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:09 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 61 hr | |
| Dec 16, 3:43 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | San Juan | 42 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:17 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | San Juan | 38 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:28 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 3 days | |
| Dec 20, 3:16 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 9 days |
| Dec 20, 3:23 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 3 days |
| Dec 20, 9:49 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 54 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:08 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Dec 23, 10:10 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 66 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:11 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more | 53 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 51 hr | |
| Dec 23, 3:00 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Dec 25, 7:58 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Dec 26, 3:34 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 50 hr | |
| Dec 26, 3:35 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 47 hr | |
| Dec 26, 5:13 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and 1 more | 4 days |
| Dec 26, 7:34 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 55 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:37 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | 37 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:35 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 30 hr |
| Dec 28, 8:03 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 30 hr | |
| Dec 30, 3:49 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Dec 30, 3:57 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Columbia County12
- Walla Walla County12
- Spokane County12
- Pend Oreille County11
- Stevens County11
- Lincoln County8
- Whitman County8
- Asotin County6
- Garfield County6
- Douglas County5
- Grant County5
- Klickitat County4
- Chelan County4
- Ferry County3
- Okanogan County3
- Kittitas County3
- Yakima County3
- Benton County2
- Franklin County2
- Adams County2
- San Juan County2
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.