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Fire Weather Watches in Virginia, 2021
8 fire weather watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- March5 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- March 10, 20213 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 10, 2:36 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 40 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:43 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 22 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:33 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:53 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene, Highland and 9 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:09 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | Accomack | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:46 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 8 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:09 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 42 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:44 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Augusta, Frederick, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg and 2 more | 43 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Frederick County3
- Highland County3
- Rockingham County3
- City of Winchester3
- Amelia County2
- Brunswick County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Greensville County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mathews County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- Westmoreland County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
50 more counties
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Arlington County2
- Augusta County2
- Clarke County2
- Fairfax County2
- Greene County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Accomack County2
- Albemarle County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fauquier County1
- King George County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Northampton County1
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. Rebuilt daily.