Alert archive / Washington / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Washington, 2026
1 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 1
- Busiest month
- May1 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 28, 20261 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 28, 3:21 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas and 14 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County1
- Asotin County1
- Benton County1
- Chelan County1
- Columbia County1
- Douglas County1
- Ferry County1
- Franklin County1
- Garfield County1
- Grant County1
- Kittitas County1
- Klickitat County1
- Lincoln County1
- Okanogan County1
- Pend Oreille County1
- Spokane County1
- Stevens County1
- Walla Walla County1
- Whitman 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.