Alert archive / Virginia / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2025
5 high wind watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- February2 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 15, 20252 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2:05 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax and 23 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:23 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 19 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 11, 5:20 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 9 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:00 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Roanoke, City of Galax, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:44 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | Highland | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County2
- Highland County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Carroll County2
- Floyd County2
- Grayson County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Galax2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- 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
- Bedford County1
- Bland 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.