Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2024
4 high wind watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 4
- Busiest month
- January1 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 7, 20241 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 7, 2:49 PM EST | High Wind Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:22 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Greene, Highland, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:38 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 3, 2:12 PM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Grayson | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Accomack County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Madison County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Warren County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Grayson County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.