Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Watches / 2012
Winter Storm Watches in Washington, January 2012
12 winter storm watches in January 2012. 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 January 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 12
- Busiest day
- January 16, 20123 winter storm watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 15, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:23 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield and 7 more | 55 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:22 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | San Juan | 35 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:43 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 35 hr | |
| Jan 16, 10:17 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 10 hr | |
| Jan 18, 2:47 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Klickitat, Walla Walla | 5 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:28 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 35 hr | |
| Jan 19, 4:23 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:01 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 15 hr | |
| Jan 23, 2:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 7 hr | |
| Jan 23, 2:37 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | 6 hr | |
| Jan 27, 3:23 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Benton County2
- Columbia County2
- Franklin County2
- Klickitat County2
- Walla Walla County2
- Chelan County2
- Douglas County2
- Ferry County2
- Grant County2
- Okanogan County2
- Pend Oreille County2
- Spokane County2
- Stevens County2
- Kittitas County1
- Yakima County1
- Adams County1
- Asotin County1
- Garfield County1
- Lincoln County1
- Whitman County1
- San Juan County1
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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.