Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2015
5 high wind watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- February2 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 13, 20152 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 13, 3:25 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:56 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll and 18 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 2, 4:27 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 23 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:05 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:56 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Carroll County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Grayson County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke 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
- Russell County2
- Washington County2
- City of Bristol2
- Albemarle County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
28 more counties
- 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
- Smyth County1
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Henry County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- Lee County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
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.