Weather alerts in Virginia, 1997
305 weather alerts in 1997, 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 305
- Warnings
- 274
- Watches
- 31
- Advisories
- 0
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 12:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 5, 1:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 66 min |
| Jan 5, 2:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Wise | 55 min |
| Jan 5, 3:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 63 min |
| Feb 21, 11:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dickenson, Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 55 min |
| Mar 1, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Giles, Highland | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Highland, Lee, Russell, Scott and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 57 min |
| Mar 5, 11:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott, Wise | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Halifax, Mecklenburg, Southampton, City of Chesapeake and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 66 min |
| Mar 5, 6:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 55 min |
| Mar 5, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 42 min |
| Mar 5, 8:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville | 40 min |
| Mar 5, 8:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 35 min |
| Mar 24, 11:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 21 min |
| Mar 29, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 35 min |
| Apr 12, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 12, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 27 min |
| Apr 12, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 12:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 3 hr |
| May 1, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| May 1, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 35 min |
| May 1, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie | 38 min |
| May 1, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 39 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville | 26 min |
| May 1, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Petersburg | 45 min |
| May 1, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 45 min |
| May 1, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| May 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 25 min |
| May 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 17 min |
| May 1, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 19 min |
| May 1, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg | 26 min |
| May 1, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 29 min |
| May 1, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Poquoson | 29 min |
| May 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 29 min |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 27 min |
| May 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 28 min |
| May 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| May 1, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 29 min |
| May 1, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 38 min |
| May 3, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 39 min |
| May 3, 11:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| May 6, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 36 min |
| May 9, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 19 min |
| May 9, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen | 17 min |
| May 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 46 min |
| May 14, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 46 min |
| May 15, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 5 hr |
| May 15, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 16 min |
| May 15, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 17 min |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Highland | 4 hr |
| May 26, 11:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 115 min |
| Jun 1, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Salem | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Lexington | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Halifax, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Wythe | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Galax | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Martinsville | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Appomattox, Buckingham, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 69 min |
| Jun 13, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 14 min |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Highland | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 62 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Warren | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Falls Church | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Caroline, Cumberland, Essex, Goochland, Hanover and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Salem | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Salem | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 119 min |
| Jun 25, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Clarke, Frederick and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Bedford and 62 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Alexandria | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Powhatan | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Emporia | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 9:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 12:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 2:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Giles | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 1:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 1:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 1:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 2:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Wythe | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Pulaski | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 33 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Highland and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Clarke and 40 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 68 min |
| Jul 16, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, City of Williamsburg | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mathews | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Roanoke | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 67 min |
| Jul 22, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Henrico | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Richmond | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 69 min |
| Jul 23, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland | 95 min |
| Jul 23, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 117 min |
| Jul 23, 9:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bath | 117 min |
| Jul 24, 12:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 116 min |
| Jul 24, 5:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 89 min |
| Jul 24, 6:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange | 93 min |
| Jul 24, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 4:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 4:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Wise | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Caroline and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 10:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick and 72 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 69 min |
| Aug 4, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Culpeper and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caroline, Essex, King George, Richmond, Westmoreland | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 4 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 40 min |
| Sep 10, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Madison | 60 min |
| Sep 11, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 47 min |
| Sep 11, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 49 min |
| Sep 11, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 47 min |
| Sep 11, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 46 min |
| Sep 11, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Shenandoah, Warren | 114 min |
| Oct 1, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 35 min |
| Nov 7, 8:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 4 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 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 | 213 |
| Tornado Warning | 13 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 28 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 48 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Scott County15
- Lee County14
- Brunswick County14
- City of Suffolk14
- City of Virginia Beach14
- Fairfax County14
- Loudoun County14
- Buchanan County13
- Washington County13
- Greensville County13
- Orange County13
- Frederick County13
- Clarke County12
- Fauquier County12
- Northampton County12
- Dickenson County11
- City of Chesapeake11
- Arlington County11
- Hanover County11
- Madison County11
- City of Norfolk11
- Shenandoah County11
- Wise County10
- Pittsylvania County10
- Halifax County10
- Mecklenburg County10
- Southampton County10
- Accomack County10
- Warren County10
- Russell County9
- Highland County9
- City of Portsmouth9
- Sussex County9
- Essex County9
- Greene County9
- King and Queen County9
- King George County9
- King William County9
- Louisa County9
- Rappahannock County9
93 more counties
- Richmond County9
- Spotsylvania County9
- Stafford County9
- Westmoreland County9
- City of Fredericksburg9
- Henrico County9
- Isle of Wight County9
- Rockbridge County9
- Montgomery County9
- Page County9
- Rockingham County9
- City of Emporia8
- Caroline County8
- Lancaster County8
- Northumberland County8
- Prince William County8
- City of Alexandria8
- City of Charlottesville8
- City of Fairfax8
- James City County8
- Surry County8
- Roanoke County8
- City of Salem8
- City of Lexington8
- Pulaski County8
- City of Harrisonburg8
- Smyth County7
- Henry County7
- City of Martinsville7
- City of Franklin7
- Albemarle County7
- Culpeper County7
- Goochland County7
- Nelson County7
- City of Falls Church7
- Lunenburg County7
- Dinwiddie County7
- Charles City County7
- Chesterfield County7
- Middlesex County7
- New Kent County7
- Prince George County7
- City of Petersburg7
- City of Richmond7
- City of Williamsburg7
- Campbell County7
- City of Roanoke7
- City of Buena Vista7
- Carroll County7
- Patrick County7
- Bath County7
- City of Winchester7
- Tazewell County6
- City of Danville6
- Fluvanna County6
- City of Manassas6
- City of Manassas Park6
- Mathews County6
- City of Colonial Heights6
- City of Hampton6
- City of Hopewell6
- City of Newport News6
- Floyd County6
- Appomattox County6
- City of Lynchburg6
- Augusta County6
- Bedford County6
- Franklin County6
- City of Staunton6
- City of Waynesboro6
- Gloucester County5
- York County5
- City of Poquoson5
- Grayson County5
- Wythe County5
- Botetourt County5
- Cumberland County5
- Powhatan County5
- Amherst County5
- Amelia County5
- Prince Edward County5
- City of Norton4
- Giles County4
- Nottoway County4
- Alleghany County4
- City of Covington4
- City of Galax4
- City of Radford4
- Buckingham County4
- Bland County4
- Charlotte County4
- City of Bristol3
- Craig County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.