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High Wind Watches in Washington, 2021
18 high wind watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- November5 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- November 14, 20213 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 1, 2:46 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 1, 4:05 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 26 hr | |
| Jan 4, 2:38 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:58 PM PST | High Wind Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:15 PM PST | High Wind Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:12 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Mar 26, 2:14 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 24 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:37 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:34 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 13 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:48 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Oct 23, 2:36 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 12 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:54 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | PQR | 25 hr | |
| Nov 7, 3:32 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 24 hr |
| Nov 13, 9:10 PM PST | High Wind Watch | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 14, 9:42 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Nov 14, 3:15 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | 4 hr | |
| Dec 9, 12:45 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 15 hr | |
| Dec 9, 3:16 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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.