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Fire Weather Watches in Virginia, 2008
7 fire weather watches in 2008. 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 fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- February6 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- February 9, 20083 fire weather watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 3:18 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 25 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:10 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Culpeper, Greene, King George, Madison and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:48 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 29 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 29, 2:13 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Greene, King George, Madison, Nelson and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 29, 2:45 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:30 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 15 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 20, 1:52 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 19 more | 20 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County3
- Culpeper County3
- Greene County3
- King George County3
- Madison County3
- Nelson County3
- Orange County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Appomattox County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Augusta County2
- Page County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- Amelia County2
- Brunswick County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Greensville County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- New Kent County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
51 more counties
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Southampton County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Accomack County1
- Gloucester County1
- James City County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Surry County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Arlington County1
- Clarke County1
- Fairfax County1
- Frederick County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Winchester1
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.