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Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2022

20 winter storm watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
20
Busiest month
January13 winter storm watches
Busiest day
January 5, 20224 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 3:52 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAKQAmelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna and 12 more11 hr
Jan 2, 4:28 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXArlington, Fairfax, King George, Loudoun, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 4 more8 hr
Jan 5, 2:47 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 9 more12 hr
Jan 5, 3:03 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLXBuchanan, Dickenson11 hr
Jan 5, 3:15 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchMRXLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more12 hr
Jan 5, 3:20 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRNKAlleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Tazewell, City of Buena Vista, City of Covington and 1 more10 hr
Jan 13, 3:06 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchMRXLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more48 hr
Jan 14, 3:33 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more33 hr
Jan 14, 3:51 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more24 hr
Jan 14, 4:13 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLXBuchanan, Dickenson34 hr
Jan 14, 10:10 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAKQAmelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland and 9 more28 hr
Jan 19, 3:01 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchAKQAccomack, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 12 more32 hr
Jan 27, 3:30 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAKQAccomack, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 32 more25 hr
Feb 12, 3:41 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRNKAmherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington8 hr
Feb 12, 3:50 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Nelson, Rockbridge, City of Staunton and 1 more6 hr
Mar 10, 3:13 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLXBuchanan, Dickenson24 hr
Mar 10, 3:36 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXHighland24 hr
Mar 10, 3:13 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchMRXLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more13 hr
Dec 13, 3:42 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene and 13 more23 hr
Dec 20, 3:02 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXHighland25 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.