High Wind Watches in Oregon
541 high wind watches since 1986. 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 541
- Busiest year
- 200656 high wind watches
- Average year
- 25over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Douglas County185
- Curry County183
- Coos County181
- Lake County142
- Klamath County129
- Umatilla County37
- Morrow County34
- Gilliam County33
- Wasco County32
- Wheeler County31
- Union County28
- Jefferson County25
- Deschutes County24
- Jackson County23
- Crook County22
- Sherman County21
- Grant County18
- Josephine County18
- Wallowa County17
- Malheur County15
- Harney County12
- Lane County10
- Lincoln County10
- Tillamook County9
- Clatsop County8
- Baker County7
- Benton County4
- Polk County4
- Columbia County3
- Washington County3
- Yamhill County3
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 1:32 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | BOI | Baker, Harney, Malheur | 35 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:49 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | PDT | Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Wasco, Wheeler | 12 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:19 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PDT | Umatilla, Union | 29 hr |
Nearby
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.