High Wind Warnings in Virginia
227 high wind warnings since 1986. 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 227
- Busiest year
- 200617 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 10over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County98
- Carroll County67
- City of Galax67
- Floyd County58
- Rockbridge County57
- Roanoke County50
- City of Roanoke50
- City of Salem50
- Amherst County48
- Bath County41
- Smyth County40
- Rockingham County37
- Alleghany County36
- Page County36
- Tazewell County36
- City of Covington36
- Warren County35
- City of Buena Vista35
- City of Lexington35
- Botetourt County34
- Craig County34
- Montgomery County34
- Wythe County34
- Bland County33
- Nelson County33
- Madison County32
- Pulaski County32
- Rappahannock County32
- City of Radford32
- Greene County31
- Giles County29
- Washington County28
- City of Bristol28
- Highland County27
- Franklin County26
- Patrick County26
- Russell County26
- City of Harrisonburg26
- City of Staunton26
- City of Waynesboro26
84 more counties
- Accomack County25
- Frederick County25
- Northampton County25
- City of Winchester25
- Bedford County23
- Clarke County22
- Shenandoah County22
- City of Virginia Beach22
- Albemarle County22
- Augusta County22
- Arlington County17
- Fairfax County17
- City of Alexandria17
- City of Fairfax17
- City of Falls Church17
- Wise County13
- City of Norton13
- Fauquier County13
- City of Charlottesville12
- King George County10
- Stafford County10
- City of Chesapeake10
- Culpeper County9
- Loudoun County9
- Mathews County8
- Lancaster County7
- Lee County7
- Middlesex County7
- Northumberland County7
- Campbell County7
- City of Lynchburg7
- City of Hampton7
- Gloucester County6
- Orange County6
- Spotsylvania County6
- City of Fredericksburg6
- Henry County6
- City of Martinsville6
- Buchanan County6
- Dickenson County6
- Appomattox County5
- Buckingham County5
- Scott County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- City of Danville4
- Charles City County4
- James City County4
- New Kent County4
- Richmond County4
- Surry County4
- Westmoreland County4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Prince William County4
- City of Manassas4
- City of Manassas Park4
- Prince George County3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Petersburg3
- Essex County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- York County3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Richmond3
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Caroline County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Greensville County2
- Southampton County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2:08 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | LWX | Highland | 24 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:57 AM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 35 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:55 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax and 23 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:20 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 9 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:17 PM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Mathews, Northampton, City of Hampton, City of Virginia Beach | 44 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. Rebuilt daily.