Alert archive / Virginia / 1996
Weather alerts in Virginia, July 1996
90 weather alerts in July 1996, 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 July 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 90
- Warnings
- 90
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 3, 199616 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 1:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Powhatan | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Emporia | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Hopewell | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Petersburg | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 10:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Surry | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 11:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 1:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 3:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 8:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell | 117 min |
| Jul 15, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | New Kent | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mathews | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Orange | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 63 min |
| Jul 18, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 12:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Fairfax | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 66 min |
| Jul 19, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, City of Williamsburg | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 28 min |
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 | 70 |
| Tornado Warning | 13 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stafford County6
- City of Virginia Beach5
- Gloucester County5
- Spotsylvania County5
- City of Chesapeake4
- Montgomery County3
- Albemarle County3
- Chesterfield County3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Suffolk3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Frederick County3
- Henry County2
- Scott County2
- Powhatan County2
- King George County2
- Brunswick County2
- Amelia County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- Prince George County2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Portsmouth2
- Sussex County2
- Southampton County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Mathews County2
- Loudoun County2
- Fairfax County2
- Craig County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Giles County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Lee County1
- Franklin County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Mecklenburg County1
36 more counties
- Fluvanna County1
- Cumberland County1
- Buckingham County1
- Greensville County1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Petersburg1
- Bedford County1
- Patrick County1
- Surry County1
- Northumberland County1
- York County1
- Accomack County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Washington County1
- Russell County1
- Campbell County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Charles City County1
- Lancaster County1
- Middlesex County1
- Botetourt County1
- New Kent County1
- Culpeper County1
- Orange County1
- Arlington County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fairfax1
- Prince William County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Lunenburg County1
- James City County1
- City of Williamsburg1
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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.