Winter Storm Warnings in Washington
854 winter storm warnings 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 854
- Busiest year
- 201265 winter storm warnings
- Average year
- 39over 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.
- Spokane County153
- Pend Oreille County127
- Stevens County127
- Walla Walla County120
- Columbia County116
- Okanogan County107
- Chelan County90
- Ferry County89
- Yakima County71
- Douglas County68
- Grant County61
- Kittitas County57
- Asotin County57
- Garfield County57
- Klickitat County53
- Whitman County51
- Lincoln County47
- Adams County25
- Benton County18
- Franklin County18
- Cowlitz County12
- San Juan County11
- Clark County11
- Skamania County11
- Skagit County10
- Whatcom County10
- King County8
- Snohomish County8
- Lewis County6
- Pierce County6
- Clallam County2
- Grays Harbor County2
- Jefferson County2
- Mason County2
- Pacific County2
- Wahkiakum County2
The latest winter storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 11:07 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 42 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:56 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | 60 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:36 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 66 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:23 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 4 more | 3 days |
| Mar 10, 11:51 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 3 days |
| Mar 10, 4:44 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 4 days |
| Mar 9, 1:58 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 5 days |
| Mar 9, 1:48 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 4 days |
| Mar 7, 11:47 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | King, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | 50 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:45 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 52 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:45 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 27 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:52 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 4 days |
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.