Winter Storm Watches in Washington
726 winter storm watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 726
- Busiest year
- 201256 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 33over 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 County140
- Pend Oreille County123
- Stevens County123
- Okanogan County103
- Ferry County90
- Walla Walla County87
- Columbia County85
- Chelan County73
- Douglas County68
- Yakima County57
- Grant County52
- Kittitas County50
- Klickitat County49
- Lincoln County47
- Asotin County42
- Garfield County42
- Whitman County38
- San Juan County22
- Adams County21
- Benton County21
- Franklin County21
- Cowlitz County11
- Clark County10
- Skamania County10
- King County5
- Skagit County5
- Snohomish County5
- Whatcom County5
- Lewis County4
- Pierce County4
- Clallam County2
- Grays Harbor County2
- Jefferson County2
- Mason County2
- Pacific County1
- Wahkiakum County1
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 1:40 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | 21 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:32 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 22 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:01 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan | 25 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:55 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 15 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:05 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan | 29 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:45 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 4 more | 62 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:04 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 26 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:50 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan | 10 hr |
| Mar 7, 12:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | King, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | 12 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:26 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan | 24 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:56 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 14 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:51 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | King, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Whatcom | 12 hr |
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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.