Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories / 2026
Wind Advisories in Virginia, January 2026
5 wind advisories in January 2026. 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 wind advisories reaches back to 2005.
Wind Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 5
- Busiest day
- January 10, 20262 wind advisories
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 10, 12:35 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:22 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:59 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, City of Galax | 22 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:17 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 6 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 31, 11:36 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Roanoke, City of Galax, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 25 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County3
- Floyd County3
- Grayson County3
- City of Galax3
- Amherst County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Warren County1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Craig County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- Accomack County1
- Gloucester County1
- Lancaster County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.