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Fire Weather Watches in Washington, 2022
17 fire weather watches in 2022. 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 in 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 17
- Busiest month
- September8 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- September 6, 20223 fire weather watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:11 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 13 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:17 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 9 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:00 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:54 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 24 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:46 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | 16 hr | |
| Aug 10, 2:50 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan | 11 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:38 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Klickitat and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:10 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 25 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:28 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:41 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:24 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:44 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 47 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:56 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | 31 hr | |
| Sep 6, 3:50 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:47 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Douglas, Okanogan | 24 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:40 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:39 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more | 21 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Benton County5
- Franklin County5
- Klickitat County5
- Walla Walla County5
- Yakima County5
- Douglas County5
- Asotin County4
- Columbia County4
- Garfield County4
- Okanogan County4
- King County4
- Lewis County4
- Pierce County4
- Skagit County4
- Skamania County4
- Snohomish County4
- Whatcom County4
- Kittitas County3
- Adams County3
- Chelan County3
- Grant County3
- Spokane County3
- Ferry County3
- Lincoln County2
- Whitman County2
- Pend Oreille County2
- Stevens County2
- Clallam County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Jefferson County1
- Kitsap County1
- Mason County1
- Thurston 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.