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Winter Storm Watches in Virginia, 2026

11 winter storm watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
11
Busiest month
January9 winter storm watches
Busiest day
January 29, 20264 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 21, 12:27 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchMRXLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more45 hr
Jan 21, 12:28 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLXBuchanan, Dickenson37 hr
Jan 21, 12:44 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more45 hr
Jan 22, 1:48 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAKQAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more36 hr
Jan 22, 2:16 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 30 more32 hr
Jan 29, 2:37 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRNKAmherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buckingham and 25 more24 hr
Jan 29, 2:38 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAKQAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 38 more35 hr
Jan 29, 2:38 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchRLXBuchanan, Dickenson10 hr
Jan 29, 2:50 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchMRXRussell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton10 hr
Feb 20, 12:04 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Fairfax, Fauquier and 17 more27 hr
Feb 21, 2:13 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAKQAccomack, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, James City and 15 more22 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.

Nearby

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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.