Snow Advisories in Virginia
86 snow advisories since 1986. 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 snow advisories reaches back to 2005.
Snow Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Snow Advisories
- 86
- Busiest year
- 200628 snow advisories
- Average year
- 22over 4 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wise County20
- City of Norton20
- Russell County19
- Washington County18
- City of Bristol18
- Lee County15
- Scott County14
- Smyth County12
- Tazewell County12
- Bland County11
- Grayson County10
- Bath County8
- Clarke County8
- Frederick County8
- City of Winchester8
- Culpeper County7
- Page County7
- Rappahannock County7
- Rockingham County7
- Shenandoah County7
- Warren County7
- City of Harrisonburg7
- City of Staunton7
- City of Waynesboro7
- Arlington County6
- Buchanan County6
- Dickenson County6
- Fairfax County6
- Pittsylvania County6
- Wythe County6
- City of Alexandria6
- City of Danville6
- City of Fairfax6
- City of Falls Church6
- Alleghany County5
- Charlotte County5
- Greene County5
- Halifax County5
- Madison County5
- Orange County5
68 more counties
- Rockbridge County5
- City of Buena Vista5
- City of Covington5
- City of Lexington5
- King George County5
- Stafford County5
- Amherst County4
- Campbell County4
- Carroll County4
- Giles County4
- Henry County4
- Nelson County4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Galax4
- City of Lynchburg4
- City of Martinsville4
- Appomattox County3
- Bedford County3
- Craig County3
- Franklin County3
- Montgomery County3
- Patrick County3
- Pulaski County3
- Roanoke County3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Accomack County3
- Gloucester County3
- James City County3
- Mathews County3
- Northampton County3
- Northumberland County3
- Surry County3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Spotsylvania County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Botetourt County2
- Buckingham County2
- Floyd County2
- Brunswick County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Greensville County2
- Lancaster County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Nottoway County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Sussex County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- Amelia County1
- Cumberland County1
- Goochland County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Virginia Beach1
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.