Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2009
50 winter storm watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
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- Busiest month
- March15 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 3, 20094 winter storm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 3:02 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant and 6 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:58 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Jan 3, 2:16 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 6 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:04 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima | 18 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:27 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 35 hr | |
| Feb 8, 3:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Feb 23, 4:23 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 8 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 38 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:40 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 25 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:27 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Mar 6, 9:26 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 17 hr | |
| Mar 23, 10:37 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Mar 23, 2:31 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 25 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:34 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 20 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:00 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 26, 2:43 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Mar 27, 9:21 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 28, 3:25 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 12 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:41 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:01 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Mar 31, 2:41 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 12 hr | |
| Mar 31, 4:32 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Apr 1, 3:42 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 11 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:45 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 12 hr |
| Oct 2, 2:42 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 13 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:52 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Oct 28, 2:56 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 13 hr |
| Nov 5, 5:05 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Nov 6, 3:44 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 25 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:04 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Nov 17, 4:06 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Nov 18, 3:52 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan | 8 hr |
| Nov 19, 4:19 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Nov 19, 4:37 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | 24 hr | |
| Nov 20, 2:27 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Nov 20, 9:15 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Nov 20, 9:55 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Adams, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 21, 4:33 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 11 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:29 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 19 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:23 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 11 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:56 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 11 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:24 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 13 hr | |
| Dec 13, 2:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:13 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:15 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 13 hr | |
| Dec 28, 2:48 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 30 hr | |
| Dec 30, 3:59 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 9 hr | |
| Dec 30, 4:01 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan | 23 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:02 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 24 hr | |
| Dec 30, 4:27 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Columbia County10
- Walla Walla County10
- Spokane County8
- Pend Oreille County7
- Stevens County7
- Asotin County6
- Douglas County6
- Ferry County6
- Garfield County6
- Okanogan County6
- Grant County4
- Adams County3
- Lincoln County3
- Kittitas County3
- Yakima County3
- Chelan County3
- Klickitat County3
- Whitman County2
- Benton County2
- Franklin 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.