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High Wind Watches in Washington, 2012
33 high wind watches in 2012. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 33
- Busiest month
- November10 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- November 17, 20124 high wind 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 3, 3:59 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 10 hr | |
| Jan 19, 2:23 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:49 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 17 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:51 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Jan 23, 3:00 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 13 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:38 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:46 PM PST | High Wind Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 23, 7:01 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 10 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:51 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:19 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Mar 10, 2:36 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 23 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:00 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 18 hr | |
| Mar 14, 8:43 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Mar 19, 10:50 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:03 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Mar 27, 3:25 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:19 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | PQR | 22 hr | |
| Nov 10, 1:11 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 21 hr | |
| Nov 15, 2:59 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Nov 17, 2:06 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 24 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:12 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Nov 17, 2:54 PM PST | High Wind Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 6 more | 36 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:01 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 13 hr |
| Nov 17, 8:13 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Nov 18, 4:21 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Nov 19, 9:08 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Nov 19, 9:08 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Dec 2, 1:25 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Dec 15, 3:32 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Dec 15, 1:53 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 24 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:08 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Dec 15, 2:45 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:34 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- San Juan County8
- Columbia County4
- Walla Walla County4
- Benton County3
- Franklin County3
- Klickitat County3
- Yakima County2
- Adams County2
- Asotin County2
- Douglas County2
- Garfield County2
- Grant County2
- Lincoln County2
- Okanogan County2
- Spokane County2
- Whitman County2
- Kittitas County1
- Chelan County1
- Ferry County1
- Pend Oreille County1
- Stevens 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. Rebuilt daily.