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Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2017
48 winter storm warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 48
- Busiest month
- February12 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- February 2, 20173 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 1, 8:46 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Yakima | 30 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:16 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 54 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:17 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 60 hr | |
| Jan 7, 2:24 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:37 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 62 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:43 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 44 hr | |
| Jan 16, 3:13 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 65 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:27 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 303 days | |
| Jan 17, 10:03 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 30 hr | |
| Jan 17, 10:45 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 49 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:59 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 42 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:03 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 55 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:55 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 3 more | 4 days |
| Feb 2, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 45 hr | |
| Feb 4, 11:52 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 16 hr | |
| Feb 4, 8:03 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 32 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:32 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Feb 5, 5:16 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 31 hr | |
| Feb 7, 2:08 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 48 hr | |
| Feb 7, 2:35 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan and 3 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:33 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Feb 15, 8:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 14 hr | |
| Mar 1, 3:31 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 60 hr | |
| Mar 6, 9:27 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 42 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:03 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 44 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:34 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 43 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:14 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Mar 29, 8:26 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Sep 19, 2:02 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 8 hr | |
| Oct 11, 2:41 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 53 hr |
| Nov 1, 2:34 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 44 hr |
| Nov 4, 2:58 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 1 more | 44 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:58 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 37 hr | |
| Nov 19, 3:23 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Nov 19, 7:45 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 14 hr | |
| Nov 27, 12:48 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Dec 17, 2:16 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 64 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:25 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 49 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:45 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 40 hr | |
| Dec 23, 9:09 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 31 hr | |
| Dec 24, 3:28 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 37 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:31 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 30 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:10 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 31 hr | |
| Dec 27, 2:55 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 67 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:33 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 41 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:30 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 47 hr | |
| Dec 28, 1:16 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 23 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spokane County10
- Okanogan County9
- Ferry County8
- Pend Oreille County8
- Stevens County8
- Walla Walla County8
- Columbia County7
- Yakima County6
- Kittitas County5
- Klickitat County5
- Douglas County5
- Chelan County4
- Grant County4
- Benton County3
- Franklin County3
- Lincoln County2
- Adams County2
- Asotin County2
- Garfield County2
- Whitman 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.