Alert archive / Washington / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Washington, 2026
18 flood watches in 2026. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- March8 flood watches
- Busiest day
- January 12, 20262 flood watches
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 5, 10:01 AM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Mason | 42 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:57 PM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Mason | 13 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:03 AM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Clallam | 11 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:52 PM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Skagit, Whatcom | 18 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:20 PM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Mason | 38 hr |
| Jan 31, 7:37 PM PST | Flood Watch | SEW | Mason | 38 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:27 AM PDT | Flood Watch | SEW | Mason | 63 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:21 PM PDT | Flood Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum | 69 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:12 AM PDT | Flood Watch | SEW | Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston | 47 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:25 PM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Whitman | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:51 PM PDT | Flood Watch | SEW | King, Mason, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | 5 days |
| Mar 15, 8:03 PM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan | 17 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:42 PM PDT | Flood Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 4:41 PM PDT | Flood Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 23 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:36 AM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Chelan, Okanogan | 14 hr |
| Apr 21, 8:47 AM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 36 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:03 PM PDT | Flood Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 43 hr |
| Sep 12, 12:00 PM PDT | Flood Watch | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more | 32 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mason County6
- Chelan County3
- Skagit County2
- Whatcom County2
- Whitman County2
- Kittitas County2
- Klickitat County2
- Yakima County2
- Okanogan County2
- Clallam County1
- Clark County1
- Cowlitz County1
- Pacific County1
- Skamania County1
- Wahkiakum County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Lewis County1
- Thurston County1
- Asotin County1
- Garfield County1
- King County1
- Snohomish County1
- Columbia County1
- Walla Walla County1
- Adams County1
- Douglas County1
- Ferry County1
- Grant County1
- Lincoln County1
- Pend Oreille County1
- Spokane County1
- Stevens County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.