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Gale Watches in Virginia, 2026

25 gale 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 gale watches reaches back to 2005.

Gale Watches by county

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

Gale Watches
25
Busiest month
January10 gale watches
Busiest day
January 10, 20262 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 10, 1:46 AM ESTGale WatchLWX11 hr
Jan 10, 3:30 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ11 hr
Jan 14, 1:36 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ24 hr
Jan 14, 2:11 AM ESTGale WatchLWX22 hr
Jan 22, 12:54 AM ESTGale WatchLWX12 hr
Jan 22, 2:09 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ12 hr
Jan 24, 7:12 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ8 hr
Jan 25, 4:18 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ11 hr
Jan 29, 1:03 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ37 hr
Jan 29, 12:57 PM ESTGale WatchLWX23 hr
Feb 4, 11:29 AM ESTGale WatchLWX38 hr
Feb 4, 2:18 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ37 hr
Feb 14, 2:43 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ10 hr
Feb 20, 12:08 PM ESTGale WatchLWX24 hr
Feb 20, 12:42 PM ESTGale WatchAKQ24 hr
Mar 10, 2:15 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ25 hr
Mar 14, 3:05 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ22 hr
Mar 15, 7:43 AM EDTGale WatchLWX7 hr
Mar 26, 2:39 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ22 hr
Apr 24, 1:06 PM EDTGale WatchAKQ26 hr
Jun 17, 3:05 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ11 hr
Jun 17, 9:33 AM EDTGale WatchLWX12 hr
Sep 21, 1:50 AM EDTGale WatchAKQ24 hr
Sep 21, 8:59 AM EDTGale WatchLWX17 hr
Sep 24, 9:40 AM EDTGale WatchLWX17 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 10, 20262gale watches
  2. January 14, 20262gale watches
  3. January 22, 20262gale watches
  4. January 29, 20262gale watches
  5. February 4, 20262gale watches
  6. February 20, 20262gale watches
  7. June 17, 20262gale watches
  8. September 21, 20262gale watches
  9. January 24, 20261gale watches
  10. January 25, 20261gale watches
  11. February 14, 20261gale watches
  12. March 10, 20261gale 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.