Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2020
7 winter storm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- December6 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- December 14, 20203 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2:42 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton, Southampton and 11 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Highland | 11 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:01 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 34 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:43 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 20 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:26 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 18 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:49 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:41 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Highland County2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Amherst County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Mathews County1
- Northampton County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Charlottesville1
34 more counties
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20192021
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.