Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2018
7 high wind warnings 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 7
- Busiest month
- March3 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- March 1, 20183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:52 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:06 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:28 AM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover and 22 more | 40 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:26 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 36 more | 39 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:50 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 13 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:31 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Roanoke, City of Galax, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:03 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Grayson | 26 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County4
- Carroll County3
- City of Galax3
- Amherst County2
- Floyd County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Accomack County2
- Charles City County2
- Essex County2
- Gloucester County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- Surry County2
- Westmoreland County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Alleghany County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
72 more counties
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- Albemarle County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Caroline County1
- Louisa County1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Greensville County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
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.