Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Washington, 2023
4 high wind watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 4
- Busiest month
- February2 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20231 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 20, 9:16 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Feb 18, 4:09 AM PST | High Wind Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 34 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:50 PM PST | High Wind Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Dec 1, 2:23 PM PST | High Wind Watch | PQR | 19 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.
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. Rebuilt daily.