Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2016
34 winter storm warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 34
- Busiest month
- December18 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- December 26, 20164 winter storm warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 8:52 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Jan 12, 12:01 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan | 25 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:40 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 23 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 43 hr | |
| Jan 28, 3:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Feb 19, 3:37 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 23 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:06 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:20 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Mar 12, 1:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 45 hr | |
| Mar 13, 3:13 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Nov 23, 9:49 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 42 hr | |
| Nov 23, 1:37 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 43 hr | |
| Nov 23, 2:43 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 42 hr |
| Nov 25, 9:29 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Nov 26, 12:21 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Nov 27, 4:22 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 34 hr | |
| Dec 3, 4:15 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Dec 3, 12:52 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 31 hr |
| Dec 5, 2:50 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Dec 5, 8:08 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan | 14 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:00 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 62 hr | |
| Dec 7, 2:57 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Klickitat, Yakima | 63 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 41 hr | |
| Dec 9, 1:24 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 14 hr | |
| Dec 10, 3:22 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 37 hr | |
| Dec 12, 6:35 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 3 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:52 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 38 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:28 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 40 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:27 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Dec 19, 3:22 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 35 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:53 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 4 more | 53 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:04 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 48 hr | |
| Dec 26, 3:26 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 42 hr | |
| Dec 26, 4:04 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 48 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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.