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High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2012
13 high wind warnings in 2012. 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 in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- December6 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- October 28, 20122 high wind warnings
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 4:14 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Grayson | 34 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:15 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:53 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Madison and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:26 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Smyth and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 27, 5:18 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster and 14 more | 59 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:35 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 56 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:34 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:21 PM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 26 hr |
| Dec 20, 5:17 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 58 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:42 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene and 16 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 25, 10:11 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 27 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:23 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 10 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:48 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 16 more | 21 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County6
- Carroll County5
- Floyd County5
- Montgomery County5
- Pulaski County5
- City of Galax5
- City of Radford5
- Alleghany County4
- Bath County4
- Craig County4
- Roanoke County4
- City of Covington4
- City of Roanoke4
- City of Salem4
- Smyth County4
- Wythe County4
- Franklin County3
- Patrick County3
- Clarke County3
- Fauquier County3
- Frederick County3
- Greene County3
- Highland County3
- Madison County3
- Nelson County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- City of Winchester3
- Bland County3
- Botetourt County3
- Giles County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Tazewell County3
38 more counties
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Lexington3
- Amherst County2
- Bedford County2
- Arlington County2
- Fairfax County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- Russell County2
- Washington County2
- City of Bristol2
- Accomack County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Gloucester County1
- James City County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Surry County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Culpeper County1
- King George County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Rebuilt daily.