High Wind Watches in Virginia
128 high wind watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 128
- Busiest year
- 200610 high wind watches
- Average year
- 6over 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 County43
- Rockbridge County36
- Carroll County33
- City of Galax33
- Amherst County31
- Floyd County31
- Rockingham County28
- Bath County28
- Roanoke County28
- City of Roanoke28
- City of Salem28
- Page County27
- Warren County26
- Smyth County26
- Alleghany County25
- Craig County25
- Wythe County25
- City of Covington25
- Montgomery County24
- Pulaski County24
- City of Buena Vista24
- City of Lexington24
- City of Radford24
- City of Harrisonburg23
- City of Staunton23
- City of Waynesboro23
- Bland County23
- Botetourt County23
- Greene County23
- Madison County23
- Rappahannock County23
- Highland County23
- Nelson County22
- Patrick County22
- Franklin County21
- Washington County21
- City of Bristol21
- Frederick County20
- City of Winchester20
- Giles County20
61 more counties
- Clarke County19
- Shenandoah County19
- Tazewell County19
- Bedford County18
- Russell County18
- Arlington County15
- Fairfax County15
- City of Alexandria15
- City of Fairfax15
- City of Falls Church15
- City of Charlottesville12
- Albemarle County12
- Augusta County12
- Northampton County10
- Fauquier County10
- Accomack County9
- City of Virginia Beach9
- Culpeper County8
- Wise County8
- City of Norton8
- Loudoun County7
- King George County6
- Orange County6
- Spotsylvania County6
- Stafford County6
- City of Fredericksburg6
- Buchanan County5
- Dickenson County5
- Lee County5
- Scott County5
- City of Chesapeake5
- Mathews County4
- City of Hampton4
- Henry County3
- City of Martinsville3
- Lancaster County3
- Middlesex County3
- Northumberland County3
- Appomattox County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Gloucester County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- Prince William County2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- James City County1
- New Kent County1
- Surry County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- York County1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:03 PM EST | High Wind Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 14 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:41 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 20 more | 13 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.