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Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2026

29 gale warnings 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 gale warnings reaches back to 2005.

Gale Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Warnings
29
Busiest month
January12 gale warnings
Busiest day
January 10, 20262 gale warnings

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 12:58 PM ESTGale WarningLWX35 hr
Jan 10, 2:40 PM ESTGale WarningAKQ33 hr
Jan 15, 12:02 AM ESTGale WarningLWX24 hr
Jan 15, 1:28 AM ESTGale WarningAKQ30 hr
Jan 22, 12:54 PM ESTGale WarningLWX41 hr
Jan 22, 1:39 PM ESTGale WarningAKQ44 hr
Jan 24, 7:12 AM ESTGale WarningAKQ3 hr
Jan 24, 3:34 PM ESTGale WarningAKQ24 hr
Jan 25, 1:02 PM ESTGale WarningLWX37 hr
Jan 25, 3:11 PM ESTGale WarningAKQ37 hr
Jan 30, 12:12 PM ESTGale WarningLWX54 hr
Jan 30, 2:02 PM ESTGale WarningAKQ53 hr
Feb 6, 1:38 AM ESTGale WarningLWX28 hr
Feb 6, 3:05 AM ESTGale WarningAKQ57 hr
Feb 7, 5:47 PM ESTGale WarningLWX12 hr
Feb 15, 12:53 AM ESTGale WarningAKQ35 hr
Feb 21, 12:37 PM ESTGale WarningLWX50 hr
Feb 21, 1:05 PM ESTGale WarningAKQ53 hr
Mar 11, 2:59 PM EDTGale WarningAKQ28 hr
Mar 13, 2:57 PM EDTGale WarningLWX5 hr
Mar 15, 1:21 PM EDTGale WarningAKQ36 hr
Mar 15, 2:37 PM EDTGale WarningLWX34 hr
Mar 23, 4:00 PM EDTGale WarningLWX6 hr
Mar 27, 12:51 PM EDTGale WarningAKQ24 hr
Apr 25, 3:08 PM EDTGale WarningAKQ31 hr
Jun 17, 2:11 PM EDTGale WarningAKQ32 hr
Jun 17, 9:38 PM EDTGale WarningLWX22 hr
Sep 22, 1:58 AM EDTGale WarningAKQ4 days
Sep 22, 2:17 AM EDTGale WarningLWX52 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 10, 20262gale warnings
  2. January 15, 20262gale warnings
  3. January 22, 20262gale warnings
  4. January 24, 20262gale warnings
  5. January 25, 20262gale warnings
  6. January 30, 20262gale warnings
  7. February 6, 20262gale warnings
  8. February 21, 20262gale warnings
  9. March 15, 20262gale warnings
  10. September 22, 20262gale warnings
  11. February 7, 20261gale warnings
  12. February 15, 20261gale warnings

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. Rebuilt daily.