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High Wind Watches in Washington, 2022
13 high wind watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- April4 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- April 2, 20223 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 9:05 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 18 hr | |
| Jan 5, 8:43 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 8 hr | |
| Apr 2, 2:36 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:54 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:29 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Apr 3, 3:08 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | SEW | San Juan | 12 hr |
| Nov 3, 9:07 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 18 hr |
| Nov 3, 11:03 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:51 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Nov 28, 8:46 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Dec 21, 4:31 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 10 hr | |
| Dec 25, 2:18 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Dec 26, 3:26 AM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County2
- Asotin County2
- Chelan County2
- Douglas County2
- Garfield County2
- Grant County2
- Lincoln County2
- Okanogan County2
- Spokane County2
- Whitman County2
- Benton County2
- Columbia County2
- Franklin County2
- Klickitat County2
- Walla Walla County2
- Yakima County2
- Kittitas County1
- San Juan 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.