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Gale Watches in Virginia, 2018

15 gale watches in 2018. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.

Gale Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Watches
15
Busiest month
October4 gale watches
Busiest day
January 2, 20181 gale 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 9:28 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ17 hr
Jan 28, 4:07 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ10 hr
Feb 4, 2:57 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ13 hr
Mar 11, 3:12 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ13 hr
Mar 18, 4:21 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ23 hr
Mar 24, 3:34 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ11 hr
Apr 6, 4:54 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ11 hr
Jun 2, 3:47 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Oct 9, 7:01 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ21 hr
Oct 12, 6:58 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ12 min
Oct 19, 3:29 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Oct 25, 3:05 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Nov 13, 3:08 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Nov 27, 3:17 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ9 hr
Dec 7, 2:11 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ31 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 2, 20181gale watches
  2. January 28, 20181gale watches
  3. February 4, 20181gale watches
  4. March 11, 20181gale watches
  5. March 18, 20181gale watches
  6. March 24, 20181gale watches
  7. April 6, 20181gale watches
  8. June 2, 20181gale watches
  9. October 9, 20181gale watches
  10. October 12, 20181gale watches
  11. October 19, 20181gale watches
  12. October 25, 20181gale watches

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.