Wind Advisories in Washington
1,444 wind advisories 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 wind advisories reaches back to 2005.
Wind Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 1,444
- Busiest year
- 201494 wind advisories
- Average year
- 66over 22 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.
- Yakima County421
- Kittitas County318
- Klickitat County316
- San Juan County313
- Walla Walla County272
- Columbia County235
- Douglas County223
- Grant County211
- Benton County200
- Franklin County200
- Spokane County195
- Adams County194
- Okanogan County188
- Whitman County173
- Lincoln County172
- Asotin County168
- Garfield County168
- Chelan County104
- Pend Oreille County45
- Stevens County45
- Ferry County25
- Island County22
- Jefferson County21
- Grays Harbor County20
- Whatcom County20
- Snohomish County19
- Clallam County17
- King County17
- Pierce County15
- Skagit County15
- Clark County14
- Cowlitz County13
- Thurston County13
- Lewis County12
- Mason County12
- Kitsap County11
- Pacific County7
- Skamania County7
- Wahkiakum County7
The latest wind advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:51 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, Lewis, San Juan and 4 more | 42 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:09 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 31 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:00 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 9 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:46 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 48 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:07 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 12 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:04 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 9 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:26 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 45 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:04 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 19 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:21 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 32 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:58 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:21 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:58 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 18 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.