Weather alerts in Virginia, 1991
101 weather alerts in 1991, 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 1991. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 101
- Warnings
- 101
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July23 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 23, 199111 alerts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 10:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Waynesboro | 4 hr |
| Mar 23, 8:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 63 min |
| Mar 23, 8:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 8:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 9:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 9:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 9:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Warren | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Madison, Page, Rappahannock | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 67 min |
| Mar 23, 11:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 4:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 4:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 4:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Buchanan | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Pittsylvania | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Page, Warren | 65 min |
| Apr 20, 3:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 117 min |
| May 1, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton | 43 min |
| May 1, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 27 min |
| May 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, York | 44 min |
| May 1, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 52 min |
| May 1, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 52 min |
| May 1, 8:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 28 min |
| May 1, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 30 min |
| May 1, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 33 min |
| May 6, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 49 min |
| May 6, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Winchester | 49 min |
| May 6, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 68 min |
| May 6, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 68 min |
| May 6, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock | 55 min |
| May 6, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison | 55 min |
| May 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 55 min |
| May 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 55 min |
| May 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Fairfax | 55 min |
| May 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 55 min |
| May 17, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Albemarle | 32 min |
| May 18, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Buchanan | 59 min |
| May 18, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Pittsylvania | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Middlesex | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Sussex | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie | 68 min |
| Jul 2, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 55 min |
| Jul 19, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Warren | 68 min |
| Jul 22, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 68 min |
| Jul 22, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Warren | 68 min |
| Jul 22, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock | 56 min |
| Jul 22, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 6:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 68 min |
| Aug 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 7:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 36 min |
| Sep 18, 1:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 41 min |
| Sep 19, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 60 min |
| Dec 1, 2:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| Dec 1, 4:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise | 6 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:09 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 6 hr |
| Dec 3, 6:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott | 2 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 | 77 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 21 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Virginia Beach6
- Loudoun County6
- Prince William County6
- City of Suffolk5
- Scott County5
- Buchanan County5
- Southampton County5
- Fairfax County5
- Bedford County4
- Franklin County4
- Clarke County4
- Fauquier County4
- Warren County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- Wise County4
- Frederick County3
- Madison County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Culpeper County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- Arlington County3
- Brunswick County3
- Washington County2
- Campbell County2
- Page County2
- Halifax County2
- Surry County2
- City of Falls Church2
- Stafford County2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Sussex County2
- Dickenson County2
- City of Waynesboro1
- Botetourt County1
- Amherst County1
- Shenandoah County1
22 more counties
- City of Hampton1
- Russell County1
- Northampton County1
- James City County1
- York County1
- City of Winchester1
- City of Alexandria1
- Albemarle County1
- Giles County1
- Patrick County1
- Essex County1
- Middlesex County1
- Lancaster County1
- Greensville County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- King George County1
- Goochland County1
- Cumberland County1
- Henrico County1
- Henry County1
- Lee County1
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. Rebuilt daily.