Fire Weather Watches in Washington
410 fire weather 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 fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 410
- Busiest year
- 201533 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 20over 21 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.
- Skamania County64
- King County48
- Lewis County45
- Pierce County45
- Douglas County40
- Skagit County39
- Snohomish County39
- Whatcom County39
- Chelan County38
- Cowlitz County36
- Okanogan County36
- Yakima County36
- Grant County35
- Adams County31
- Klickitat County30
- Grays Harbor County29
- Mason County29
- Asotin County28
- Columbia County28
- Garfield County28
- Walla Walla County26
- Benton County25
- Franklin County25
- Kittitas County24
- Jefferson County23
- Spokane County23
- Lincoln County22
- Whitman County22
- Clallam County21
- Clark County21
- Ferry County20
- Thurston County19
- Stevens County16
- Pend Oreille County12
- Kitsap County11
- Island County4
- San Juan County4
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:39 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 27 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:35 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Mason, Skagit and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:08 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 24 hr |
| Aug 20, 9:41 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 25 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:07 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 9 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:23 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:16 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:10 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 48 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:35 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:31 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | Clark, Skamania | 21 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:22 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Klickitat and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Jul 29, 9:46 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 47 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.