Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2012
16 winter storm watches in 2012. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 16
- Busiest month
- February6 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 17, 20123 winter storm watches
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 3:09 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 22 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:53 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Highland | 4 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Highland, Madison, Nelson, Orange and 9 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll and 18 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna, Goochland, Lunenburg and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:43 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Highland | 26 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:13 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Bath | 11 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 49 hr |
| Oct 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, City of Covington | 25 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:51 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 28, 7:49 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Highland | 13 hr |
| Dec 18, 8:31 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Highland | 31 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Madison and 11 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:53 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Highland County6
- Bath County4
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- City of Winchester2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Alleghany County2
- Grayson County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Lexington2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Culpeper County1
- Orange County1
- Amherst County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
21 more counties
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Amelia County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Fauquier County1
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. Rebuilt daily.