Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2020
8 high wind watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- January3 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- April 11, 20202 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 3, 3:30 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Patrick, Roanoke and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:21 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Grayson | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:38 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:36 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 22 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:04 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 21 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:47 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:09 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, City of Galax | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:27 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, City of Galax | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County4
- Carroll County3
- Floyd County3
- City of Galax3
- Albemarle County2
- Amherst County2
- Augusta County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Rockingham County2
- Warren County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Franklin County1
- Patrick County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Accomack County1
- Northampton County1
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.