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Gale Watches in Washington, 2026

20 gale 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 gale watches reaches back to 2005.

Gale Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Watches
20
Busiest month
January4 gale watches
Busiest day
January 26, 20262 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 2:36 AM PSTGale WatchSEW24 hr
Jan 5, 2:09 AM PSTGale WatchSEW12 hr
Jan 26, 7:59 AM PSTGale WatchSEW8 hr
Jan 26, 3:55 PM PSTGale WatchSEW11 hr
Feb 19, 2:39 PM PSTGale WatchSEW20 hr
Mar 9, 2:05 PM PDTGale WatchSEW23 hr
Mar 10, 1:21 PM PDTGale WatchSEW13 hr
Mar 22, 2:03 PM PDTGale WatchSEW26 hr
Mar 31, 1:40 AM PDTGale WatchSEW13 hr
May 5, 1:32 AM PDTGale WatchSEW26 hr
May 22, 8:06 PM PDTGale WatchSEW6 hr
May 24, 1:06 AM PDTGale WatchSEW13 hr
May 27, 1:03 AM PDTGale WatchSEW24 hr
Jun 8, 2:06 AM PDTGale WatchSEW12 hr
Jun 14, 8:22 PM PDTGale WatchSEW6 hr
Jun 23, 3:00 AM PDTGale WatchSEW24 hr
Jul 6, 1:49 PM PDTGale WatchSEW12 hr
Jul 7, 1:44 AM PDTGale WatchSEW13 hr
Aug 31, 1:35 AM PDTGale WatchSEW32 hr
Sep 24, 1:43 AM PDTGale WatchSEW12 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 26, 20262gale watches
  2. January 2, 20261gale watches
  3. January 5, 20261gale watches
  4. February 19, 20261gale watches
  5. March 9, 20261gale watches
  6. March 10, 20261gale watches
  7. March 22, 20261gale watches
  8. March 31, 20261gale watches
  9. May 5, 20261gale watches
  10. May 23, 20261gale watches
  11. May 24, 20261gale watches
  12. May 27, 20261gale watches

Nearby

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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.