Extreme Cold Watches in Virginia
16 extreme cold watches 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 extreme cold watches reaches back to 2005.
Extreme Cold Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Cold Watches
- 16
- Busiest year
- 202611 extreme cold watches
- Average year
- 8over 2 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.
- Highland County5
- Alleghany County4
- Bath County4
- Bland County4
- Carroll County4
- Floyd County4
- Giles County4
- Grayson County4
- Montgomery County4
- Pulaski County4
- Smyth County4
- Tazewell County4
- Wythe County4
- City of Covington4
- City of Galax4
- City of Radford4
- Amherst County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Craig County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Warren County3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Accomack County2
- Albemarle County2
- Appomattox County2
- Augusta County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
82 more counties
- Franklin County2
- Gloucester County2
- Greene County2
- James City County2
- Madison County2
- Mathews County2
- Nelson County2
- Northampton County2
- Roanoke County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- York County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Amelia County1
- Arlington County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Clarke County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Frederick County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Halifax County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Henry County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Loudoun County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Prince William County1
- Richmond County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Danville1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
The latest extreme cold watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2:23 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Southampton, Surry, York and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Highland and 16 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:56 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:58 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | LWX | Highland | 10 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:23 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:49 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:13 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:04 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 24 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:01 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:53 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:06 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 15 hr |
Nearby
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.