Alert archive / Virginia / 1998
Weather alerts in Virginia, January 1998
49 weather alerts in January 1998, 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 January 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 49
- Warnings
- 48
- Watches
- 1
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- January 8, 199834 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 9:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 46 min |
| Jan 8, 1:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles, Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, Rockingham | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Staunton | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Harrisonburg | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Highland | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Waynesboro | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Lexington | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:27 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Henrico, Isle of Wight and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Sussex | 33 min |
| Jan 8, 11:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Rappahannock | 118 min |
| Jan 8, 11:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 118 min |
| Jan 8, 11:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 118 min |
| Jan 8, 3:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 47 min |
| Jan 8, 9:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 47 min |
| Jan 8, 10:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 50 min |
| Jan 9, 12:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 34 min |
| Jan 15, 4:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 10:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 10:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Nelson | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Rappahannock | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Madison, Orange | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 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 | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 42 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County4
- Rockbridge County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Lexington4
- Washington County3
- Nelson County3
- Page County3
- Loudoun County3
- Clarke County3
- Greene County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fauquier County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Madison County3
- Montgomery County2
- Augusta County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- Prince George County2
- Sussex County2
- Carroll County1
- Giles County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Highland County1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Alleghany County1
- City of Covington1
- Accomack County1
- Charles City County1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
44 more counties
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Westmoreland County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- Tazewell County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Prince William County1
- Stafford County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Orange County1
- Fairfax County1
- City of Fairfax1
- Arlington County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
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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.