Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Washington
47 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 47
- Busiest year
- 20069 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 2over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Garfield County34
- Asotin County33
- Columbia County31
- Walla Walla County31
- Whitman County30
- Lincoln County25
- Spokane County25
- Adams County24
- Franklin County23
- Ferry County21
- Grant County21
- Stevens County21
- Benton County20
- Pend Oreille County20
- Douglas County19
- Okanogan County15
- Chelan County11
- Kittitas County10
- Klickitat County10
- Yakima County10
- Cowlitz County4
- Clark County4
- Skamania County4
- Lewis County3
- Pierce County3
- Thurston County3
- King County2
- Clallam County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Island County1
- Jefferson County1
- Kitsap County1
- Mason County1
- Pacific County1
- San Juan County1
- Skagit County1
- Snohomish County1
- Wahkiakum County1
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:21 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas and 14 more | 9 hr |
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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.