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Winter Storm Warnings in Washington, 2022
48 winter storm warnings in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 48
- Busiest month
- December15 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- November 29, 20225 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, 3:55 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 60 hr | |
| Jan 1, 12:52 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 5 days |
| Jan 1, 2:17 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 4 days | |
| Jan 1, 2:20 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 5 more | 53 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:43 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 3 days |
| Jan 4, 2:58 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 3 days | |
| Jan 5, 3:28 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 5 more | 61 hr |
| Jan 6, 10:04 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:17 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 24 hr | |
| Jan 30, 2:06 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 25 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:15 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 26 hr | |
| Feb 18, 2:11 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 48 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:49 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 4 days |
| Feb 18, 3:16 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 49 hr | |
| Feb 26, 2:25 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Apr 3, 2:24 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 54 hr | |
| Apr 3, 2:35 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 62 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:04 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | 53 hr | |
| Apr 3, 3:14 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 62 hr | |
| Apr 9, 2:11 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 53 hr | |
| Apr 9, 2:12 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 4 days |
| Nov 3, 2:39 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 20 hr |
| Nov 4, 2:46 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane and 1 more | 68 hr |
| Nov 6, 5:19 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Nov 26, 2:32 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 54 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:59 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 60 hr | |
| Nov 26, 3:04 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 55 hr | |
| Nov 26, 3:06 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 60 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:08 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 64 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:54 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima | 57 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:25 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Nov 29, 4:32 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 43 hr | |
| Nov 29, 3:33 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Dec 1, 12:55 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 38 hr | |
| Dec 4, 9:37 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 6 hr |
| Dec 7, 11:39 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 3 days | |
| Dec 8, 11:09 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Klickitat | 10 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:36 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 43 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:34 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 36 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:41 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Dec 19, 2:07 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 38 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:11 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 31 hr | |
| Dec 19, 2:18 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 37 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:31 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | San Juan | 37 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:15 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PQR | 3 days | |
| Dec 22, 3:34 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | PDT | Klickitat, Yakima | 67 hr |
| Dec 22, 4:06 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | Chelan | 68 hr |
| Dec 22, 12:34 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | SEW | San Juan | 38 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chelan County11
- Walla Walla County8
- Columbia County7
- Klickitat County7
- Okanogan County7
- Spokane County7
- Yakima County6
- Douglas County6
- Ferry County6
- Grant County6
- Pend Oreille County6
- Stevens County6
- Kittitas County4
- Whitman County4
- Asotin County3
- Garfield County3
- Benton County2
- Franklin County2
- Adams County2
- Lincoln County2
- San Juan County2
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.