Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2010
6 high wind watches in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- February3 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 15, 20101 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 15, 3:01 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:30 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 24 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:56 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:50 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Grayson | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:35 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:30 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 18 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County3
- City of Bristol3
- Grayson County2
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Arlington County1
26 more counties
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- King George 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
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.