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High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2006
10 high wind watches in 2006. 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 in 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 10
- Busiest month
- November5 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- November 30, 20063 high wind watches
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 13, 5:16 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery and 6 more | 49 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:44 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 20 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:03 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 5 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:12 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 15 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:48 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Grayson | 12 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:10 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 8 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:58 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:46 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:54 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Giles and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:56 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 25 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County4
- Smyth County4
- Bland County3
- Carroll County3
- Floyd County3
- Giles County3
- Tazewell County3
- City of Galax3
- Montgomery County2
- Pulaski County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Radford2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Botetourt County2
- Craig County2
- Patrick County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Lexington2
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
22 more counties
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Amherst County1
- Bedford County1
- Franklin County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- King George County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson 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.