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High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2019
7 high wind watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- November3 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- November 26, 20192 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 8, 3:57 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Roanoke, City of Galax, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:39 PM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 6 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:56 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:48 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, Rockbridge and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:43 PM EST | High Wind Watch | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 12 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:44 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll and 17 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:47 PM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 9 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County5
- Roanoke County4
- City of Roanoke4
- City of Salem4
- Amherst County4
- Carroll County3
- Floyd County3
- Grayson County3
- City of Galax3
- Alleghany County3
- Bath County3
- Botetourt County3
- Craig County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Covington3
- City of Lexington3
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Warren County2
- Bedford County2
- Franklin County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pulaski County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Radford2
- Bland County1
- Giles County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
1 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.