Alert archive / Virginia / 1989
Weather alerts in Virginia, May 1989
38 weather alerts in May 1989, 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 in May 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 38
- Warnings
- 38
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 6, 198925 alerts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock | 4 hr |
| May 1, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Staunton | 4 hr |
| May 1, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Madison | 4 hr |
| May 5, 6:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 3 hr |
| May 5, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 116 min |
| May 5, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry | 2 hr |
| May 5, 9:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 2 hr |
| May 5, 9:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Albemarle, Nelson | 118 min |
| May 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | King George | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun, Prince William | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | King George, Stafford | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 4 hr |
| May 5, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 57 min |
| May 5, 11:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Albemarle, Nelson | 3 hr |
| May 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell | 57 min |
| May 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| May 6, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 65 min |
| May 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Nottoway | 67 min |
| May 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 67 min |
| May 6, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 64 min |
| May 6, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George | 57 min |
| May 6, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 66 min |
| May 6, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 50 min |
| May 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William | 40 min |
| May 6, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 32 min |
| May 6, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 62 min |
| May 15, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bath, Rockbridge | 51 min |
| May 15, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta | 66 min |
| May 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 6 hr |
| May 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 6 hr |
| May 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke | 6 hr |
| May 16, 10:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 5 hr |
| May 23, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 4 hr |
| May 23, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 4 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 23 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County4
- King George County3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Fauquier County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Augusta County2
- Madison County2
- Wise County2
- Franklin County2
- Albemarle County2
- Nelson County2
- Arlington County2
- Fairfax County2
- Prince William County2
- Stafford County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Rockingham County1
- City of Staunton1
- Henry County1
- Page County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- Culpeper County1
- Greene County1
- Orange County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Campbell County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Amelia County1
- Nottoway County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Prince George County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
3 more counties
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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.