Alert archive / Virginia / 1999
Weather alerts in Virginia, April 1999
78 weather alerts in April 1999, 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 April 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 78
- Warnings
- 72
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 23, 199941 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex and 36 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Powhatan | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Nottoway | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Hopewell | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg | 59 min |
| Apr 9, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, York, City of Williamsburg | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry, Sussex | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Poquoson | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Newport News | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 35 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 79 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Fairfax | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Alexandria | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 19 min |
| Apr 23, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 17 min |
| Apr 23, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Hopewell | 17 min |
| Apr 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 17 min |
| Apr 23, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent, Prince George | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Goochland | 19 min |
| Apr 23, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville and 30 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Richmond | 16 min |
| Apr 23, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 16 min |
| Apr 23, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | New Kent | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, City of Williamsburg | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico | 16 min |
| Apr 23, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 51 min |
| Apr 23, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, City of Williamsburg | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Newport News | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 29 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 | 65 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Charles City County9
- Henrico County7
- James City County7
- City of Williamsburg7
- New Kent County6
- Prince George County6
- City of Newport News6
- Hanover County5
- City of Richmond5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- Brunswick County5
- Gloucester County5
- York County5
- City of Hampton5
- City of Poquoson5
- Clarke County4
- Fairfax County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Louisa County4
- City of Fairfax4
- Goochland County4
- Chesterfield County4
- City of Hopewell4
- Dinwiddie County4
- City of Petersburg4
- Middlesex County4
- Surry County4
- Sussex County4
- Halifax County4
- Greensville County4
- City of Emporia4
- Isle of Wight County4
- Southampton County4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Suffolk4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- Bedford County4
- Caroline County3
91 more counties
- Essex County3
- Fauquier County3
- Frederick County3
- Loudoun County3
- Prince William County3
- Richmond County3
- Stafford County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- City of Winchester3
- Amelia County3
- Mathews County3
- Lancaster County3
- Charlotte County3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- Campbell County3
- Craig County3
- Buchanan County2
- Wise County2
- Arlington County2
- Culpeper County2
- Greene County2
- King George County2
- Madison County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Warren County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- Cumberland County2
- Powhatan County2
- Nottoway County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Accomack County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Tazewell County2
- Albemarle County2
- Alleghany County2
- Botetourt County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Highland County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Buckingham County1
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Nelson County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Smyth 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.