Alert archive / Virginia / 1998
Weather alerts in Virginia, July 1998
26 weather alerts in July 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 July 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 26
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 1
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 22, 199813 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, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 12:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 105 min |
| Jul 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Roanoke | 63 min |
| Jul 19, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Falls Church | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Prince Edward | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Powhatan | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Powhatan | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | New Kent | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Newport News | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Poquoson | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 49 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 | 24 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Scott County2
- Bedford County2
- Powhatan County2
- Augusta County1
- City of Staunton1
- Hanover County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Smyth County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Roanoke County1
- Loudoun County1
- Arlington County1
- Fairfax County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Falls Church1
- Montgomery County1
- Franklin County1
- Amherst County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- Appomattox County1
- Charlotte County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Westmoreland County1
- New Kent County1
- James City County1
- Surry County1
- York County1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- Sussex County1
- Frederick County1
Nearby
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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.