Alert archive / Washington / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Washington, 2026
2 high wind watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 2
- Busiest month
- March2 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- March 10, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 1:17 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:49 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County1
- Asotin County1
- Chelan County1
- Douglas County1
- Ferry County1
- Garfield County1
- Grant County1
- Lincoln County1
- Okanogan County1
- Pend Oreille County1
- Spokane County1
- Stevens County1
- Whitman County1
- Benton County1
- Columbia County1
- Franklin County1
- Kittitas County1
- Klickitat County1
- Walla Walla County1
- Yakima County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.