Alert archive / Washington / Gale Watches
Gale Watches in Washington, 2020
60 gale watches in 2020. 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 gale watches reaches back to 2005.
Gale Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Gale Watches
- 60
- Busiest month
- January14 gale watches
- Busiest day
- January 6, 20203 gale 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 1, 4:13 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Jan 3, 9:06 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Jan 4, 2:59 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Jan 6, 2:07 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Jan 6, 8:50 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 6, 2:34 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 8, 2:39 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 10, 3:51 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Jan 14, 3:12 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 14, 2:58 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jan 16, 2:41 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 19, 8:59 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 26, 2:50 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Jan 30, 2:43 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Feb 6, 1:22 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Feb 22, 3:10 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Mar 4, 1:37 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Mar 12, 2:59 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Mar 28, 2:52 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 25 hr | |
| May 11, 2:57 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| May 19, 2:19 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| May 29, 2:48 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jun 6, 2:53 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Jun 7, 2:39 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jun 15, 2:33 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jun 25, 8:03 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Jun 28, 2:41 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jul 20, 2:58 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jul 26, 2:25 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Aug 5, 2:40 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Sep 21, 3:04 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Sep 24, 2:41 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 8, 3:23 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 8, 3:23 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 10, 3:09 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 11, 3:14 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Oct 12, 2:50 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 15, 2:59 PM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Oct 20, 2:20 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Oct 22, 2:38 AM PDT | Gale Watch | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Nov 1, 3:00 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Nov 5, 3:00 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Nov 7, 2:56 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Nov 11, 3:59 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Nov 12, 3:01 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Nov 15, 3:01 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Nov 15, 8:47 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Nov 16, 2:52 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Nov 23, 2:45 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Nov 28, 3:45 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Nov 28, 2:44 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Dec 6, 3:07 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Dec 11, 2:45 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Dec 13, 2:40 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Dec 14, 2:33 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Dec 15, 2:36 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Dec 18, 2:39 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Dec 20, 2:24 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Dec 23, 2:46 PM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Dec 28, 2:40 AM PST | Gale Watch | SEW | 11 hr |
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.