Alert archive / Virginia / Freeze Watches
Freeze Watches in Virginia, 2020
24 freeze watches in 2020. 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 freeze watches reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- April9 freeze watches
- Busiest day
- May 7, 20204 freeze 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 9, 2:25 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 12 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:13 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:47 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier and 16 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:32 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:13 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Nelson and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:37 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 11 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:09 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier and 19 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:00 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | AKQ | Caroline, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 12 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:20 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Page and 8 more | 18 hr |
| May 7, 3:51 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 24 hr |
| May 7, 4:29 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene and 13 more | 10 hr |
| May 7, 4:57 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 22 hr |
| May 7, 2:16 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Nelson and 3 more | 24 hr |
| May 8, 3:30 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 23 more | 24 hr |
| May 8, 3:33 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 17 more | 24 hr |
| May 8, 1:52 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 13 hr |
| May 10, 1:47 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 9 more | 14 hr |
| May 10, 2:14 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Bath, Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 23 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 23 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:22 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton | 24 hr |
| Oct 15, 4:44 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg and 3 more | 22 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:24 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 13 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 37 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County11
- Page County8
- Rappahannock County8
- Rockingham County8
- City of Harrisonburg8
- City of Staunton8
- City of Waynesboro8
- Amherst County7
- Greene County7
- Madison County7
- Nelson County7
- Shenandoah County7
- Warren County7
- Albemarle County6
- Augusta County6
- Frederick County6
- Loudoun County6
- City of Winchester6
- Clarke County5
- Culpeper County5
- Fauquier County5
- City of Buena Vista5
- City of Lexington5
- Lee County4
- Russell County4
- Washington County4
- Wise County4
- City of Bristol4
- City of Norton4
- Orange County4
- Botetourt County4
- Highland County4
- Bath County4
- Bland County4
- Grayson County4
- Smyth County4
- Tazewell County4
- Scott County3
- Alleghany County3
- Carroll County3
56 more counties
- Craig County3
- Floyd County3
- Giles County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pulaski County3
- Roanoke County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Covington3
- City of Galax3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Caroline County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Louisa County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- Fairfax County1
- City of Fairfax1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Greensville County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Franklin County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
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.