Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2016
14 winter storm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- February6 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 20, 20165 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 20, 4:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 34 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier and 17 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:33 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 35 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:09 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Giles, Grayson, Smyth and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland and 9 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 14 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:06 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 23 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:27 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:51 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 23 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Highland | 26 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Frederick County3
- Highland County3
- City of Winchester3
- Alleghany County3
- Bath County3
- Bland County3
- Giles County3
- Grayson County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Covington3
- Amelia County3
- Caroline County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Cumberland County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Goochland County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
- Louisa County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Nottoway County3
- Powhatan County3
- Prince Edward County3
- City of Richmond3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fauquier County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
74 more counties
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Carroll County2
- Charlotte County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Danville2
- City of Galax2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Essex County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Westmoreland County2
- Brunswick County1
- Charles City County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Fairfax County1
- Loudoun County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Fredericksburg1
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.