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High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2014
8 high wind watches in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- March3 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 1, 20141 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 1, 3:59 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 12 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:18 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 11 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:45 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:30 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:00 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:14 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | LWX | Greene, Highland, Madison, Nelson, Page, Rappahannock and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:50 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 20 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:58 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Russell County4
- Washington County4
- City of Bristol4
- Alleghany County3
- Bath County3
- Bland County3
- Carroll County3
- Craig County3
- Floyd County3
- Giles County3
- Grayson County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pulaski County3
- Roanoke County3
- Smyth County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Covington3
- City of Galax3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Amherst County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Franklin County2
- Patrick County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Tazewell County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lexington2
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Harrisonburg1
2 more counties
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.