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Gale Watches in Virginia, 2020

27 gale 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 gale watches reaches back to 2005.

Gale Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Gale Watches
27
Busiest month
January4 gale watches
Busiest day
May 18, 20202 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 3, 12:52 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ13 hr
Jan 10, 3:17 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Jan 14, 2:38 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ23 hr
Jan 15, 1:45 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ14 hr
Feb 5, 3:14 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ13 hr
Feb 19, 3:17 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Feb 26, 3:50 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ25 hr
Mar 5, 3:15 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Mar 24, 9:50 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ6 hr
Mar 30, 3:15 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Apr 8, 4:06 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ11 hr
Apr 11, 2:59 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Apr 12, 3:11 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ9 hr
May 7, 3:34 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ23 hr
May 17, 3:29 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ13 hr
May 18, 4:42 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ4 hr
May 18, 4:57 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ16 hr
Sep 16, 3:41 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ60 hr
Oct 28, 6:37 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ9 hr
Oct 30, 3:57 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ24 hr
Nov 14, 3:54 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ3 hr
Nov 16, 3:53 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ3 hr
Nov 28, 3:24 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ13 hr
Dec 3, 3:39 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ20 hr
Dec 13, 3:01 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Dec 15, 4:00 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ26 hr
Dec 22, 3:35 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ24 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 18, 20202gale watches
  2. January 3, 20201gale watches
  3. January 10, 20201gale watches
  4. January 14, 20201gale watches
  5. January 15, 20201gale watches
  6. February 5, 20201gale watches
  7. February 19, 20201gale watches
  8. February 26, 20201gale watches
  9. March 5, 20201gale watches
  10. March 24, 20201gale watches
  11. March 30, 20201gale watches
  12. April 8, 20201gale 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.