Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2024
8 winter storm watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- January5 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 4, 20242 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2:21 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll and 15 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:39 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:55 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 11 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:13 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Highland | 13 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:25 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Highland | 43 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Highland County4
- Amherst County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Clarke County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Loudoun 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
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- City of Charlottesville1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
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.