Blizzard Warnings in Virginia
17 blizzard warnings 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 blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 17
- Busiest year
- 20106 blizzard warnings
- Average year
- 2over 8 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.
- Accomack County5
- Northampton County5
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- King George County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- Warren County3
- Greene County3
- Madison County3
- Nelson County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Spotsylvania County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Grayson County2
- Highland County2
- Albemarle County2
- Amherst County2
- Augusta County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Clarke County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- City of Winchester1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Wise County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Norton1
The latest blizzard warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2:42 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 42 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.