Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Watches / 2012
Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, February 2012
6 winter storm watches in February 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 February 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- February 17, 20123 winter storm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Highland County2
- Culpeper County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
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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.