Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2011
7 high wind watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- February4 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 18, 20112 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 31, 3:09 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Russell, Wise, City of Norton | 13 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:19 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Bath | 13 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:30 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:49 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Amherst, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 105 min |
| Feb 24, 4:05 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene and 16 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:15 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 22 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:57 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Russell County2
- Bath County2
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Highland 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
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Culpeper County1
- Amherst County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
- Bland County1
- Tazewell County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20102012
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.