Alert archive / Virginia / 1998
Weather alerts in Virginia, March 1998
48 weather alerts in March 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 March 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 48
- Warnings
- 44
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- March 20, 199824 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 104 min |
| Mar 20, 7:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 7:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Henry, Patrick, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 29 min |
| Mar 20, 2:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 50 min |
| Mar 20, 3:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Salem | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Roanoke | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 44 min |
| Mar 20, 4:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 62 min |
| Mar 20, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 47 min |
| Mar 20, 4:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 5:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 6:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 47 min |
| Mar 20, 7:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 118 min |
| Mar 20, 7:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 118 min |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Winchester | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 10:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock, Warren | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Winchester | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 11:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 11:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 11:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Franklin | 33 min |
| Mar 21, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 32 min |
| Mar 21, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| Mar 21, 12:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 2 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 | 16 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 26 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Roanoke6
- Roanoke County5
- City of Salem5
- Halifax County4
- City of Danville4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Montgomery County3
- City of Martinsville3
- Loudoun County3
- Fauquier County3
- Amelia County2
- Brunswick County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Goochland County2
- Henrico County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince George County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Charlotte County2
- Grayson County2
- Henry County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Winchester2
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- Rappahannock County2
52 more counties
- Warren County2
- Accomack County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- Hanover County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- York County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Carroll County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Giles County1
- Floyd County1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Franklin County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nelson County1
- Prince Edward County1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Albemarle County1
- Page County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Essex County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
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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.