Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2009
9 high wind watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- February4 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 10, 20094 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:47 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 25 hr |
| Feb 10, 11:45 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 3 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:01 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:52 PM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:54 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 1, 4:11 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 11 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:23 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 13 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:37 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell | 13 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:38 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bland County3
- Grayson County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Alleghany County2
- Amherst County2
- Bath County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Carroll County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Giles County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Galax2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
3 more counties
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.