Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Watches / 2016
Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, February 2016
6 winter storm watches in February 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 February 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- February 13, 20165 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Bland County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Covington2
- Amherst County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Amelia County1
- Caroline County1
- Chesterfield County1
48 more counties
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- City of Richmond1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
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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.