Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Watches / 2021
Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, January 2021
6 winter storm watches in January 2021. 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 January 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- January 29, 20213 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:43 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 13 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene and 13 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:37 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Russell, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton | 13 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:19 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 21 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Carroll County2
- Grayson County2
- Patrick County2
- City of Galax2
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Russell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Arlington County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fairfax1
60 more counties
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Alleghany County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Richmond1
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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.