Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2009
54 winter storm warnings in 2009. 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 in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 54
- Busiest month
- March17 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 4, 20094 winter storm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 4:21 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 36 hr | |
| Jan 1, 6:39 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 21 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:44 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 5 hr | |
| Jan 2, 11:37 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 8:22 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 35 hr | |
| Jan 4, 5:01 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 4, 5:06 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Jan 4, 9:27 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 53 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:00 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 19 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:25 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Feb 10, 8:31 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Feb 23, 12:06 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 34 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:08 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:19 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:58 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 40 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:14 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 37 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:58 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Mar 6, 5:17 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 43 hr | |
| Mar 7, 2:54 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 40 hr | |
| Mar 9, 6:12 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Spokane, Whitman | 17 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:36 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 32 hr | |
| Mar 15, 8:48 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 3 hr | |
| Mar 24, 2:44 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 49 hr |
| Mar 24, 10:31 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Mar 24, 10:58 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 41 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:34 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 10 hr | |
| Mar 27, 3:00 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Mar 27, 9:38 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 31 hr | |
| Mar 28, 3:25 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 39 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:46 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 30 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:10 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Apr 1, 2:59 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 45 hr | |
| Apr 1, 3:22 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 41 hr | |
| Apr 1, 3:38 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 37 hr |
| Apr 1, 8:20 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman | 33 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:13 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 47 hr | |
| Nov 6, 4:00 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Nov 7, 4:17 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 24 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:25 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 37 hr | |
| Nov 18, 11:57 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 33 hr |
| Nov 21, 3:29 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 35 hr | |
| Nov 21, 4:30 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 41 hr | |
| Nov 21, 3:29 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 28 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:29 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 44 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:52 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 48 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Dec 14, 3:49 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 30 hr | |
| Dec 14, 4:01 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 54 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:18 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 28 hr | |
| Dec 14, 4:48 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more | 47 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:12 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 32 hr | |
| Dec 30, 2:54 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 42 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:17 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 25 hr |
| Dec 31, 4:06 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 56 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spokane County11
- Walla Walla County9
- Columbia County8
- Pend Oreille County7
- Stevens County7
- Asotin County6
- Garfield County6
- Okanogan County5
- Whitman County5
- Kittitas County4
- Yakima County4
- Ferry County4
- Chelan County3
- Douglas County3
- Grant County3
- Lincoln County3
- Klickitat County3
- Adams County2
- Benton County1
- Franklin County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.