River Flood Watches in Washington
146 river flood watches since 1986. 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 river flood watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 146
- Busiest year
- 201724 river flood watches
- Average year
- 7over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chelan County27
- Yakima County25
- Okanogan County22
- Whitman County20
- Ferry County13
- Asotin County9
- Klickitat County9
- Benton County6
- Franklin County6
- Garfield County6
- Spokane County6
- Walla Walla County6
- Kittitas County4
- Pend Oreille County4
- Columbia County4
- Douglas County2
- Grays Harbor County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Thurston County1
- Stevens County1
- Clark County1
- Cowlitz County1
- Pacific County1
- Wahkiakum County1
The latest river flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 5:16 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | PDT | Yakima | 13 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:39 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | PDT | Yakima | 25 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:11 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 25 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:15 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 45 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:14 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | Whitman | 19 hr |
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.