Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2012
9 high wind watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- December4 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- October 27, 20122 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, 3:02 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 14 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:40 PM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Madison and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:31 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster and 10 more | 35 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:56 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Grayson | 12 hr |
| Oct 27, 5:02 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:55 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 23 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:08 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:11 PM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:52 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 19 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County3
- Clarke County3
- Fauquier County3
- Frederick County3
- Greene County3
- Highland County3
- Madison County3
- Nelson County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- City of Winchester3
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Botetourt County2
- Carroll County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Galax2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Arlington County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
33 more counties
- King George County2
- Orange County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Russell County2
- Washington County2
- City of Bristol2
- Accomack County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Gloucester County1
- James City County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Surry County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Giles County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
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. Rebuilt daily.