Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2014
27 winter storm watches in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- February9 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 20, 20145 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 1, 3:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Russell, Wise, City of Norton | 12 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:14 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 14 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:33 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:51 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 9 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 25 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:03 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 21 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:21 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Northampton, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Virginia Beach | 13 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 24 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:00 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:54 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 26 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 12 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 13 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:43 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 47 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:59 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Botetourt, Buckingham and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:49 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Gloucester, Goochland and 8 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, James City, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:43 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 14 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:49 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland, Fluvanna and 12 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:03 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte and 18 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:01 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton | 11 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:10 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 11 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:06 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Madison and 11 more | 20 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clarke County7
- Frederick County7
- Shenandoah County7
- Warren County7
- City of Winchester7
- Wise County6
- City of Norton6
- Fauquier County6
- Page County6
- Rappahannock County6
- Highland County5
- Madison County5
- Russell County4
- Arlington County4
- Culpeper County4
- Fairfax County4
- Greene County4
- King George County4
- Nelson County4
- Orange County4
- Rockingham County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Stafford County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- City of Harrisonburg4
- City of Staunton4
- City of Waynesboro4
- Caroline County4
- Cumberland County4
- Fluvanna County4
- Gloucester County4
- Goochland County4
- Lancaster County4
- Mathews County4
- Middlesex County4
- New Kent County4
70 more counties
- Northumberland County4
- Nottoway County4
- Powhatan County4
- Richmond County4
- Southampton County4
- Westmoreland County4
- City of Franklin4
- Appomattox County4
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Accomack County3
- Amelia County3
- Charles City County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- James City County3
- Northampton County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Prince George County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Washington County3
- City of Bristol3
- Alleghany County3
- Amherst County3
- Bath County3
- Bedford County3
- Bland County3
- Botetourt County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- Craig County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Giles County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pulaski County3
- Roanoke County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Covington3
- City of Lexington3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Lee County2
- Scott County2
- Carroll County2
- Charlotte County2
- Grayson County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Galax2
- City of Martinsville2
- Brunswick County2
- Greensville County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- City of Emporia2
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.