Alert archive / Virginia / Fire Weather Watches
Fire Weather Watches in Virginia, 2016
6 fire weather watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- March3 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- March 24, 20162 fire weather watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 11:12 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 15 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:26 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:12 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:07 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:09 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:46 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 3 more | 23 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County3
- Clarke County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Frederick County3
- Loudoun County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Winchester3
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Culpeper County2
- Greene County2
- King George County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- Warren County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Franklin County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
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.