Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2024
44 winter storm watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 44
- Busiest month
- January16 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 14, 20244 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 4, 1:45 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 15 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:33 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Okanogan and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:12 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 11 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:53 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 11 hr | |
| Jan 7, 4:11 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 11 hr | |
| Jan 9, 2:44 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman | 25 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:56 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla and 1 more | 3 days |
| Jan 10, 3:34 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Jan 10, 3:14 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 45 hr | |
| Jan 14, 1:35 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Yakima | 25 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:51 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 20 hr | |
| Jan 14, 1:58 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 25 hr | |
| Jan 14, 2:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Chelan, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane and 1 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:26 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Jan 17, 2:22 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 5 hr | |
| Jan 19, 3:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 14 hr | |
| Feb 12, 1:41 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 23 hr | |
| Feb 13, 11:16 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 17 hr | |
| Feb 13, 1:50 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Klickitat, Yakima | 12 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:18 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 32 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:28 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 32 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:41 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan | 33 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:46 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 33 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:04 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 15 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:06 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Asotin, Garfield | 15 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:15 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan | 14 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:21 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 18 hr | |
| Feb 27, 2:43 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | 25 hr | |
| Apr 3, 2:32 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Walla Walla | 23 hr |
| Nov 2, 12:48 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan, Okanogan | 27 hr |
| Nov 3, 2:11 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 6 hr | |
| Nov 11, 1:47 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 21 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:45 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 7 hr | |
| Nov 14, 1:26 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan, Okanogan | 25 hr |
| Nov 14, 1:41 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 23 hr | |
| Nov 14, 2:05 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 36 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:35 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan | 12 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:19 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 9 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:04 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan | 26 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:06 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:19 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 27 hr | |
| Dec 28, 2:00 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 12 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:36 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 12 hr | |
| Dec 28, 3:41 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chelan County9
- Columbia County6
- Walla Walla County6
- Kittitas County6
- Yakima County6
- Okanogan County5
- Asotin County4
- Garfield County4
- Klickitat County4
- Clark County4
- Cowlitz County4
- Skamania County4
- Ferry County3
- Spokane County3
- Lincoln County2
- Pend Oreille County2
- Stevens County2
- Whitman County1
- Benton County1
- Franklin County1
- Douglas County1
- Grant 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.