Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Washington, 1997
3 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 3
- Busiest month
- July2 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 31, 19971 severe thunderstorm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:00 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:30 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:30 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin and 8 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County3
- Asotin County3
- Columbia County3
- Douglas County3
- Franklin County3
- Garfield County3
- Lincoln County3
- Spokane County3
- Walla Walla County3
- Whitman County3
- Ferry County2
- Okanogan County2
- Pend Oreille County2
- Stevens County2
- Benton County1
- Chelan County1
- Grant County1
- Kittitas County1
- Klickitat County1
- Yakima County1
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.