Alert archive / Virginia / 1997
Weather alerts in Virginia, July 1997
98 weather alerts in July 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 July 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 98
- Warnings
- 90
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 16, 199715 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 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 |
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 | 69 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 15 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Orange County7
- Greene County6
- Madison County6
- City of Suffolk6
- Rockingham County6
- Russell County5
- Greensville County5
- Henrico County5
- City of Norfolk5
- City of Virginia Beach5
- City of Harrisonburg5
- Buchanan County4
- Washington County4
- Dickenson County4
- Montgomery County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Scott County4
- Brunswick County4
- Southampton County4
- Clarke County4
- Frederick County4
- Loudoun County4
- Page County4
- Rappahannock County4
- City of Winchester4
- Arlington County4
- Bland County3
- Nelson County3
- Pulaski County3
- City of Lexington3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Charles City County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- James City County3
- Northampton County3
- Surry County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
89 more counties
- City of Williamsburg3
- Augusta County3
- Bath County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- Albemarle County3
- Fauquier County3
- Hanover County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- Giles County2
- Tazewell County2
- Smyth County2
- Wythe County2
- Amherst County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Charlotte County2
- Floyd County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Martinsville2
- Prince Edward County2
- Amelia County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Prince George County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- Highland County2
- Caroline County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Goochland County2
- King George County2
- Louisa County2
- Prince William County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- City of Richmond2
- Wise County2
- Appomattox County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Franklin County1
- Grayson County1
- Patrick County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Gloucester County1
- Lunenburg County1
- New Kent County1
- Nottoway County1
- Accomack County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Lee County1
- Alleghany County1
- City of Covington1
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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.