Alert archive / Virginia / Freeze Watches
Freeze Watches in Virginia, 2026
11 freeze watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- April7 freeze watches
- Busiest day
- April 19, 20264 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1:57 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 23 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:49 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene and 21 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | AKQ | Caroline, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:13 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Loudoun and 19 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:59 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 29 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:53 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 13 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:27 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:41 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 15 more | 13 hr |
| May 1, 12:06 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Highland | 24 hr |
| May 1, 1:25 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 23 hr |
| May 10, 12:27 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Highland | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Clarke County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fauquier County3
- Frederick County3
- Greene County3
- Loudoun County3
- Madison County3
- Nelson County3
- Orange County3
- Page County3
- Prince William County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- Warren County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- City of Winchester3
- Fairfax County2
- City of Fairfax2
- Caroline County2
- Cumberland County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Louisa County2
- Powhatan County2
- Amherst County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Highland County2
- Albemarle County1
54 more counties
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- King George County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Falls Church1
- Alleghany County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Richmond1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.