Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2016
5 high wind watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- November2 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20161 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 21, 3:40 PM EST | High Wind Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 24 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:06 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 25 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:29 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:54 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Grayson | 12 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:35 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 25 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Accomack County1
- Northampton County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Russell County1
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
- Arlington County1
- Clarke County1
- Fairfax County1
- Frederick County1
- Loudoun County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Winchester1
- Grayson County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
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.