Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2023
5 high wind watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- March5 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- March 30, 20233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:35 AM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:25 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Highland | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:29 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 34 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:40 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax and 23 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:47 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 21 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Highland County2
- Amherst County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Albemarle County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
23 more counties
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
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.