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Fire Weather Watches in Washington, 2024
24 fire weather watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- July14 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- July 15, 20244 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 12:03 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 6 more | 25 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:08 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 24 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:42 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 24 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:46 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 24 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:13 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:24 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Kittitas and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:32 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 34 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:44 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 48 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:35 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 24 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:48 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:55 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Stevens | 22 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:58 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 23 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:37 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania, Yakima | 21 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:33 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan | 25 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:42 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania, Yakima | 22 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:15 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:42 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Chelan | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:51 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 24 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:32 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania, Yakima | 33 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:29 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 5 more | 22 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:08 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla | 30 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:38 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:45 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 19 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:49 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry and 8 more | 18 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yakima County10
- Klickitat County9
- Chelan County8
- Douglas County7
- Asotin County6
- Columbia County6
- Garfield County6
- Grant County6
- Walla Walla County6
- Skamania County6
- Adams County5
- Okanogan County5
- Benton County5
- Franklin County5
- Kittitas County5
- Lincoln County4
- Spokane County4
- Whitman County4
- Ferry County3
- King County3
- Lewis County3
- Pierce County3
- Skagit County3
- Snohomish County3
- Whatcom County3
- Clark County3
- Cowlitz County3
- Stevens County2
- Clallam County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Jefferson County1
- Mason County1
- Pend Oreille 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.