Alert archive / Virginia / Excessive Heat Watches
Excessive Heat Watches in Virginia, 2012
6 excessive heat watches in 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 excessive heat watches reaches back to 2005.
Excessive Heat Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Excessive Heat Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- July4 excessive heat watches
- Busiest day
- July 6, 20123 excessive heat watches
Over time
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The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:44 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:33 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 11 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:20 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:59 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | RNK | Buckingham | 23 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:05 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 30 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:19 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville and 20 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Greene County3
- King George County3
- Madison County3
- Nelson County3
- Orange County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Rappahannock County2
- Accomack County2
- Brunswick County2
- Charles City County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Gloucester County2
- Greensville County2
- James City County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hopewell2
24 more counties
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Buckingham County1
- Amelia County1
- Caroline County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.