Weather alerts in Virginia
93,345 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 93,345
- Warnings
- 40,965
- Watches
- 3,840
- Advisories
- 16,691
- Busiest year
- 20185,607 alerts
- Average year
- 2,277over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County4,376
- Pittsylvania County3,977
- City of Virginia Beach3,887
- Arlington County3,883
- Fauquier County3,860
- Amherst County3,859
- Halifax County3,808
- City of Alexandria3,768
- Franklin County3,749
- Bedford County3,735
- City of Falls Church3,718
- Rockbridge County3,705
- Loudoun County3,643
- City of Chesapeake3,582
- Madison County3,522
- Patrick County3,488
- Culpeper County3,480
- Carroll County3,432
- Southampton County3,428
- Rappahannock County3,390
- Campbell County3,369
- City of Fairfax3,362
- Rockingham County3,347
- Stafford County3,326
- Sussex County3,323
- Warren County3,321
- Grayson County3,311
- Surry County3,310
- Botetourt County3,281
- Chesterfield County3,228
- Henrico County3,222
- Greene County3,218
- Dinwiddie County3,204
- Page County3,199
- Prince George County3,196
- Henry County3,195
- Charlotte County3,194
- Frederick County3,176
- Floyd County3,172
- Clarke County3,146
93 more counties
- Roanoke County3,128
- Montgomery County3,121
- Orange County3,121
- Westmoreland County3,108
- Hanover County3,094
- Nelson County3,073
- Charles City County3,065
- Shenandoah County3,060
- James City County3,055
- Brunswick County3,045
- City of Roanoke3,030
- Mecklenburg County2,991
- King George County2,985
- Spotsylvania County2,979
- Caroline County2,974
- New Kent County2,962
- Greensville County2,961
- Appomattox County2,957
- Tazewell County2,955
- Pulaski County2,949
- Middlesex County2,932
- Gloucester County2,924
- Northumberland County2,924
- Wythe County2,922
- Goochland County2,908
- Prince William County2,905
- Amelia County2,905
- Albemarle County2,896
- Buckingham County2,875
- City of Petersburg2,874
- City of Danville2,855
- Smyth County2,853
- Richmond County2,848
- Alleghany County2,837
- Accomack County2,832
- City of Richmond2,830
- Lunenburg County2,829
- City of Newport News2,826
- City of Salem2,815
- City of Hopewell2,802
- Bland County2,798
- Lancaster County2,794
- Nottoway County2,790
- City of Martinsville2,789
- Powhatan County2,780
- Giles County2,779
- City of Franklin2,771
- Craig County2,770
- King William County2,760
- King and Queen County2,759
- City of Williamsburg2,742
- City of Buena Vista2,705
- City of Galax2,697
- Essex County2,696
- City of Lynchburg2,691
- City of Winchester2,688
- City of Emporia2,677
- Bath County2,670
- Northampton County2,667
- York County2,648
- City of Fredericksburg2,645
- City of Suffolk2,639
- Washington County2,608
- Cumberland County2,606
- Fluvanna County2,601
- Louisa County2,598
- Prince Edward County2,595
- Isle of Wight County2,594
- City of Lexington2,591
- City of Hampton2,580
- City of Charlottesville2,557
- Scott County2,529
- City of Radford2,521
- City of Colonial Heights2,490
- City of Covington2,489
- City of Harrisonburg2,477
- Mathews County2,469
- Russell County2,451
- City of Waynesboro2,435
- Wise County2,367
- Lee County2,356
- City of Staunton2,341
- City of Poquoson2,335
- Augusta County2,313
- City of Portsmouth2,251
- City of Norfolk2,212
- City of Manassas2,149
- City of Bristol2,138
- Buchanan County2,114
- City of Norton2,099
- Highland County2,090
- City of Manassas Park2,088
- Dickenson County1,871
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2:57 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City and 24 more | 65 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | York, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, York | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 117 min |
| Sep 22, 2:17 AM EDT | Gale Warning | LWX | 52 hr | |
| Sep 22, 1:58 AM EDT | Gale Warning | AKQ | 4 days | |
| Sep 22, 12:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 11:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 hr |
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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. Rebuilt daily.