Alert archive / Virginia / Fire Weather Watches
Fire Weather Watches in Virginia, 2018
5 fire weather watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- April5 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- April 11, 20183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 11:27 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 33 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:34 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 22 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna and 19 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:06 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 39 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:18 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 13 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- King George County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Stafford County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Winchester2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Essex County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Louisa County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Powhatan County2
- Richmond County2
35 more counties
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Highland County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Greensville County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
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.