Alert archive / Virginia / Highland County
Weather alerts in Highland County, Virginia, 2026
100 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 100
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 24
- Advisories
- 31
- Busiest month
- January19 alerts
- Busiest day
- February 5, 20265 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Highland County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them.
Highland County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 5 | 44% | 10 | 100% | 14 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: tornado warnings | 47 | 6 | 87% | 14 | 64% | 13 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings | 526 | 366 | 30% | 1,477 | 87% | 20 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: flash flood warnings | 46 | 27 | 41% | 78 | 87% | 57 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
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 10, 12:35 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 32 hr |
| Jan 11, 11:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | 49 min |
| Jan 11, 11:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LWX | 41 min |
| Jan 14, 1:12 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | 54 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:22 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | 48 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:42 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | 35 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:21 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 23 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:16 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 32 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:49 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | 47 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:03 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 67 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:39 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:53 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | LWX | 11 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:13 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | 3 days |
| Jan 27, 12:01 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | 35 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:39 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | 59 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:35 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | 33 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:23 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | LWX | 14 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:12 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | 35 hr |
| Feb 1, 12:05 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | 22 hr |
| Feb 2, 12:34 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 33 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:58 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | LWX | 10 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | LWX | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | 69 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | High Wind Watch | LWX | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 42 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:55 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | 44 hr |
| Feb 7, 6:25 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:44 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 18 hr |
| Feb 20, 12:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 27 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:46 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 57 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 51 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:23 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 15 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:53 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 34 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:26 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 35 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:36 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:28 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:40 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 44 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:08 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | LWX | 24 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:43 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 43 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:31 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 38 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:36 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 17 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:43 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:19 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:19 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 30 hr |
| May 1, 12:06 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| May 2, 12:07 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 21 hr |
| May 7, 11:52 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| May 10, 12:27 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| May 10, 3:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 11, 12:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 19 hr |
| May 20, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | 26 min |
| May 27, 12:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 27, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 12:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 2:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 12, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 3:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 14, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:50 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 28 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:43 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 30, 3:03 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 41 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 54 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:32 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 54 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 4:44 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 16 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:20 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 2:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | 18 min |
| Aug 2, 2:43 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 21 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:21 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 16 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 32 min |
| Sep 4, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 30 min |
| Sep 24, 11:53 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 21 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 | 9 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 12 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 20 |
| Special Weather Statement | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 4 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.