Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Watches / 2018
Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, March 2018
7 winter storm watches in March 2018. 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 March 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- March 19, 20184 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 4:39 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:06 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax and 20 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:29 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:39 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 13 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:40 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:44 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 12 more | 35 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County4
- Alleghany County3
- Amherst County3
- Bath County3
- Bland County3
- Botetourt County3
- Carroll County3
- Craig County3
- Floyd County3
- Giles County3
- Grayson County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pulaski County3
- Roanoke County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Covington3
- City of Galax3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lexington2
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Highland County2
- Nelson County2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Bedford County1
- Franklin County1
- Patrick County1
- Arlington County1
- Clarke County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Loudoun County1
18 more counties
- Madison County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Winchester1
- Accomack County1
- Lancaster County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
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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.