Alert archive / Washington / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Washington, 2025
13 winter storm watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- January6 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 29, 20254 winter storm watches
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 29, 12:57 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:26 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | 22 hr | |
| Jan 29, 1:39 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:52 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Columbia, Kittitas, Walla Walla, Yakima | 23 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:20 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:33 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | San Juan | 39 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:32 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:13 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 23 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:16 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania | 24 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:58 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens | 24 hr |
| Dec 15, 1:06 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Kittitas, Yakima | 13 hr |
| Dec 15, 1:27 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | SEW | Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Lewis, Mason and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:28 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Chelan | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cowlitz County4
- Clark County3
- Skamania County3
- Chelan County2
- Pend Oreille County2
- Spokane County2
- Stevens County2
- Kittitas County2
- Yakima County2
- Ferry County2
- Okanogan County2
- Columbia County1
- Walla Walla County1
- Pacific County1
- Wahkiakum County1
- San Juan County1
- Clallam County1
- Grays Harbor County1
- Jefferson County1
- King County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Pierce County1
- Skagit County1
- Snohomish County1
- Whatcom 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.