Alert archive / Virginia / Gale Warnings / 2026
Gale Warnings in Virginia, January 2026
12 gale warnings in January 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 January 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Gale Warnings
- 12
- Busiest day
- January 10, 20262 gale warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 12:58 PM EST | Gale Warning | LWX | 35 hr | |
| Jan 10, 2:40 PM EST | Gale Warning | AKQ | 33 hr | |
| Jan 15, 12:02 AM EST | Gale Warning | LWX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 15, 1:28 AM EST | Gale Warning | AKQ | 30 hr | |
| Jan 22, 12:54 PM EST | Gale Warning | LWX | 41 hr | |
| Jan 22, 1:39 PM EST | Gale Warning | AKQ | 44 hr | |
| Jan 24, 7:12 AM EST | Gale Warning | AKQ | 3 hr | |
| Jan 24, 3:34 PM EST | Gale Warning | AKQ | 24 hr | |
| Jan 25, 1:02 PM EST | Gale Warning | LWX | 37 hr | |
| Jan 25, 3:11 PM EST | Gale Warning | AKQ | 37 hr | |
| Jan 30, 12:12 PM EST | Gale Warning | LWX | 54 hr | |
| Jan 30, 2:02 PM EST | Gale Warning | AKQ | 53 hr |
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.