Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Warnings
High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2024
11 high wind warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 11
- Busiest month
- January4 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- January 8, 20243 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 8, 2:33 PM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:57 PM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 27 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:10 PM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:21 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | Russell, Wise, City of Norton | 39 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:29 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, City of Galax | 33 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:46 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Roanoke, City of Galax, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:38 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:40 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 55 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:59 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 31 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:09 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:07 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | Grayson | 38 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County5
- Carroll County3
- Floyd County3
- City of Galax3
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Russell County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Arlington County1
- Fairfax County1
- King George County1
- Prince William County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Accomack County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Albemarle County1
- Amherst County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.