High Wind Warnings in Washington
512 high wind warnings since 1986. 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 512
- Busiest year
- 200655 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 23over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Juan County100
- Walla Walla County58
- Klickitat County48
- Columbia County44
- Benton County39
- Franklin County39
- Yakima County36
- Douglas County28
- Asotin County26
- Garfield County26
- Grant County26
- Spokane County24
- Adams County22
- Whitman County22
- Lincoln County19
- Okanogan County19
- Chelan County18
- Kittitas County15
- Pacific County12
- Pend Oreille County9
- Stevens County9
- Cowlitz County4
- Wahkiakum County4
- Ferry County3
- Grays Harbor County3
- Island County3
- Jefferson County3
- Mason County3
- Thurston County3
- King County2
- Kitsap County2
- Lewis County2
- Pierce County2
- Skagit County2
- Snohomish County2
- Clallam County1
- Whatcom County1
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 11:41 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 47 hr |
| May 11, 10:41 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | PDT | Klickitat, Yakima | 48 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:05 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | SEW | Island, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:56 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:28 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 46 hr |
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. Rebuilt daily.