Alert archive / Virginia / 1996
Weather alerts in Virginia, May 1996
142 weather alerts in May 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 May 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 142
- Warnings
- 142
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 5, 199638 alerts
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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 4, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 30 min |
| May 4, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock | 33 min |
| May 4, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham | 30 min |
| May 4, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 35 min |
| May 4, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 51 min |
| May 4, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 51 min |
| May 4, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 51 min |
| May 4, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Waynesboro | 51 min |
| May 4, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 51 min |
| May 4, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 50 min |
| May 4, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page | 51 min |
| May 4, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 51 min |
| May 4, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 49 min |
| May 4, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange | 50 min |
| May 4, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 50 min |
| May 4, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 50 min |
| May 4, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Falls Church | 50 min |
| May 4, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 50 min |
| May 4, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Alexandria | 50 min |
| May 4, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 27 min |
| May 4, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Alexandria | 38 min |
| May 4, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond | 52 min |
| May 4, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 33 min |
| May 5, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 45 min |
| May 5, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 47 min |
| May 5, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 38 min |
| May 5, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 58 min |
| May 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 40 min |
| May 5, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 59 min |
| May 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Salem | 49 min |
| May 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Roanoke | 49 min |
| May 5, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 62 min |
| May 5, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski, City of Radford | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 67 min |
| May 5, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 57 min |
| May 5, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 53 min |
| May 5, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 59 min |
| May 5, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 62 min |
| May 5, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 60 min |
| May 5, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 60 min | |
| May 5, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 57 min |
| May 5, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 32 min |
| May 5, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 44 min |
| May 5, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 33 min |
| May 5, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 60 min |
| May 5, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 45 min |
| May 5, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 54 min |
| May 5, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland | 52 min |
| May 5, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 40 min |
| May 5, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 63 min |
| May 5, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 34 min |
| May 5, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Pittsylvania | 47 min |
| May 5, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 47 min |
| May 5, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Nottoway | 58 min |
| May 5, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 58 min |
| May 5, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 54 min |
| May 5, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 50 min |
| May 5, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie | 62 min |
| May 5, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 50 min |
| May 5, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 55 min |
| May 5, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 63 min |
| May 5, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Sussex | 66 min |
| May 6, 1:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 61 min |
| May 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 116 min |
| May 6, 11:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Russell | 4 hr |
| May 10, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 61 min |
| May 11, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 28 min |
| May 11, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 50 min |
| May 11, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Warren | 25 min |
| May 11, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, City of Galax | 44 min |
| May 11, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 60 min |
| May 11, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 69 min |
| May 11, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Roanoke | 59 min |
| May 11, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 50 min |
| May 11, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 52 min |
| May 11, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 62 min |
| May 11, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 60 min |
| May 11, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 44 min |
| May 11, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Nottoway | 52 min |
| May 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 32 min |
| May 11, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, City of Emporia | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 64 min |
| May 11, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Sussex | 48 min |
| May 11, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 48 min |
| May 11, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 48 min |
| May 11, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico | 34 min |
| May 11, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 29 min |
| May 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King William, New Kent | 47 min |
| May 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 47 min |
| May 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 47 min |
| May 11, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, King and Queen | 44 min |
| May 11, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Williamsburg | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Middlesex | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mathews | 48 min |
| May 11, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 48 min |
| May 16, 2:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 4 hr |
| May 16, 5:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland | 2 hr |
| May 16, 7:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 16, 7:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Highland | 2 hr |
| May 17, 12:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Prince Edward | 48 min |
| May 17, 1:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Highland | 77 min |
| May 17, 3:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge | 2 hr |
| May 24, 11:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 46 min |
| May 24, 12:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 49 min |
| May 24, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 47 min |
| May 24, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 48 min |
| May 24, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 34 min |
| May 24, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Wise | 62 min |
| May 24, 6:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 56 min |
| May 24, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 59 min |
| May 24, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Wise | 56 min |
| May 24, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 66 min |
| May 24, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott | 2 hr |
| May 24, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 68 min |
| May 25, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 54 min |
| May 25, 12:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 67 min |
| May 25, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 65 min |
| May 25, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 39 min |
| May 25, 5:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott | 3 hr |
| May 26, 6:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 52 min |
| May 27, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd | 61 min |
| May 27, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Patrick | 62 min |
| May 27, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 62 min |
| May 27, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Wise | 68 min |
| May 27, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Martinsville | 87 min |
| May 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 55 min |
| May 27, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 64 min |
| May 29, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 61 min |
| May 29, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 55 min |
| May 29, 12:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott | 62 min |
| May 29, 1:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 57 min |
| May 29, 1:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 55 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 | 125 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 17 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County7
- Scott County7
- Wise County6
- Russell County6
- Floyd County5
- Franklin County5
- Buchanan County4
- Pulaski County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Carroll County4
- Bedford County4
- Highland County3
- Culpeper County3
- Grayson County3
- Montgomery County3
- Roanoke County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Bland County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Greensville County3
- Madison County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Augusta County2
- Rockingham County2
- Fauquier County2
- Stafford County2
- Page County2
- City of Alexandria2
- Lancaster County2
- Northumberland County2
- City of Salem2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Radford2
- City of Galax2
- Halifax County2
- Charlotte County2
- Campbell County2
- Amelia County2
- Nottoway County2
- Chesterfield County2
67 more counties
- Dinwiddie County2
- Brunswick County2
- Prince George County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Petersburg2
- Sussex County2
- City of Emporia2
- Louisa County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Dickenson County2
- Lee County2
- Patrick County2
- City of Staunton1
- Nelson County1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Albemarle County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Greene County1
- King George County1
- Orange County1
- Prince William County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Fairfax County1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- Westmoreland County1
- Richmond County1
- Accomack County1
- Tazewell County1
- Craig County1
- Botetourt County1
- Amherst County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Wythe County1
- Smyth County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Frederick County1
- Alleghany County1
- City of Covington1
- Warren County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- City of Hopewell1
- Charles City County1
- Henrico County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Franklin1
- King William County1
- New Kent County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Suffolk1
- Surry County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Gloucester County1
- Middlesex County1
- York County1
- Mathews County1
- Cumberland County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Giles County1
- Henry County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- Appomattox County1
- City of Danville1
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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.