Alert archive / Virginia / Highland County
Weather alerts in Highland County, Virginia, 2020
93 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Highland County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 93
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 27
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest month
- April16 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 9, 20206 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Highland County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 8 | 1 | 88% | 2 | 100% | 13 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: tornado warnings | 27 | 6 | 78% | 15 | 47% | 9 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings | 456 | 314 | 31% | 1,047 | 79% | 23 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: flash flood warnings | 66 | 34 | 48% | 130 | 90% | 72 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 16 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:49 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 29 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 13 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:38 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | 10 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:13 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:50 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 22 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 29 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:04 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 31 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:49 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Mar 3, 4:27 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:28 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 32 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:32 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 7 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 7, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 62 min |
| Apr 8, 5:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 5:30 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 8:13 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 23 hr |
| Apr 9, 12:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 9, 2:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 3:36 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 9, 7:38 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 22 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:47 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | LWX | 8 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:35 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | LWX | 26 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:35 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 29 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 27 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 39 hr |
| May 3, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 5 hr |
| May 6, 4:30 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 29 hr |
| May 7, 4:29 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | 10 hr |
| May 7, 2:16 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 43 hr |
| May 8, 3:30 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| May 9, 3:36 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 28 hr |
| May 10, 1:47 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | 14 hr |
| May 11, 3:43 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 29 hr |
| May 12, 2:41 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 18 hr |
| May 21, 3:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 15 hr |
| May 23, 4:09 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 4 hr |
| May 24, 1:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 5, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 17 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 18, 9:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 10 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 1:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:48 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 22, 12:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 20 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 7, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 52 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 9:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 16 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 12 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 25, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 27, 2:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:21 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 26 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Sep 19, 1:37 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:43 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 19 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:31 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 19 hr |
| Oct 2, 12:48 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| Oct 15, 4:44 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | 22 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:39 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 19 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 25 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:59 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 44 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:06 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 41 hr |
| Nov 30, 7:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 32 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 11 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:25 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 23 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:25 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 23 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:43 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 35 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 46 hr |
| Dec 16, 8:38 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:27 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 14 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:10 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 28 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:27 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 47 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:37 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:45 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 8 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 19 |
| Special Weather Statement | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 12 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 7 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
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.