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Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2018

19 winter storm warnings in 2018. 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.

Winter Storm Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Warnings
19
Busiest month
March9 winter storm warnings
Busiest day
March 20, 20184 winter storm warnings

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 9:44 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningAKQAccomack, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester, Greensville and 30 more44 hr
Jan 16, 9:44 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 6 more24 hr
Jan 16, 10:05 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville23 hr
Mar 11, 3:15 AM EDTWinter Storm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge and 2 more24 hr
Mar 11, 4:47 AM EDTWinter Storm WarningRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 18 more39 hr
Mar 19, 3:42 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene and 14 more52 hr
Mar 20, 4:20 AM EDTWinter Storm WarningMRXWise, City of Norton44 hr
Mar 20, 5:06 AM EDTWinter Storm WarningRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 23 more42 hr
Mar 20, 12:47 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningLWXArlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 12 more31 hr
Mar 20, 3:38 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningAKQCaroline, Essex, Fluvanna, Louisa, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more32 hr
Mar 23, 3:06 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningRLXBuchanan34 hr
Mar 23, 3:46 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningRNKBland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles and 14 more37 hr
Nov 14, 5:15 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more38 hr
Nov 14, 3:54 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene and 14 more36 hr
Dec 7, 3:27 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more3 days
Dec 7, 3:52 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningMRXLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more59 hr
Dec 8, 3:00 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningRLXBuchanan, Dickenson43 hr
Dec 8, 11:29 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 27 more41 hr
Dec 8, 6:02 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, King George, Madison and 9 more30 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

86 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 20, 20184winter storm warnings
  2. December 8, 20183winter storm warnings
  3. January 17, 20182winter storm warnings
  4. March 11, 20182winter storm warnings
  5. March 23, 20182winter storm warnings
  6. November 14, 20182winter storm warnings
  7. December 7, 20182winter storm warnings
  8. January 3, 20181winter storm warnings
  9. March 19, 20181winter storm warnings

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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. Rebuilt daily.