Alert archive / Virginia / 2000
Weather alerts in Virginia, August 2000
142 weather alerts in August 2000, 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 August 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 142
- Warnings
- 136
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 9, 200044 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 31, 9:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 88 min |
| Jul 31, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 1:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 115 min |
| Aug 1, 4:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Roanoke | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 20 min |
| Aug 2, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 113 min |
| Aug 4, 11:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 114 min |
| Aug 4, 1:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Louisa | 74 min |
| Aug 4, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison, Orange | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Richmond | 90 min |
| Aug 4, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 86 min |
| Aug 4, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, New Kent | 88 min |
| Aug 4, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Surry | 63 min |
| Aug 6, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Richmond | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Fairfax | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Falls Church | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 8:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 114 min |
| Aug 8, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 5:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 8:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Harrisonburg | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Winchester | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page, Rockingham | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Rappahannock | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Harrisonburg | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Stafford, Warren | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Winchester | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 80 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Powhatan | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Prince William, Stafford | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Fairfax | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Falls Church | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Alexandria | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Giles | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Franklin and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Salem | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 10:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Roanoke | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 11:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 11:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 11:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 12:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Richmond | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 7:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 3:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Colonial Heights | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, City of Williamsburg | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, City of Williamsburg | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, City of Williamsburg | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 21 min |
| Aug 16, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 5 hr |
| Aug 25, 9:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Poquoson | 91 min |
| Aug 25, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 97 min |
| Aug 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 115 min |
| Aug 27, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 5:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 95 min |
| Aug 27, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 9:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd | 114 min |
| Aug 27, 10:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 11:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 114 min |
| Aug 31, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 44 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 | 101 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 35 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County7
- Franklin County6
- Roanoke County5
- Botetourt County5
- Louisa County5
- Pittsylvania County5
- James City County5
- Fairfax County5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Falls Church5
- Loudoun County5
- Amherst County5
- Montgomery County5
- Southampton County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Henry County4
- City of Martinsville4
- City of Danville4
- Halifax County4
- Madison County4
- Orange County4
- City of Richmond4
- Henrico County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Arlington County4
- City of Alexandria4
- Fauquier County4
- Culpeper County4
- Greene County4
- Prince William County4
- Stafford County4
- Warren County4
- City of Lynchburg4
- Campbell County4
- City of Williamsburg4
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Giles County3
- City of Norfolk3
93 more counties
- Goochland County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- New Kent County3
- Surry County3
- Russell County3
- Tazewell County3
- Smyth County3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- King George County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- City of Winchester3
- Albemarle County3
- Alleghany County3
- Augusta County3
- Fluvanna County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Covington3
- City of Lexington3
- City of Staunton3
- Prince Edward County3
- Prince George County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Suffolk3
- Lee County3
- Washington County3
- Brunswick County2
- City of Franklin2
- Accomack County2
- Northumberland County2
- Gloucester County2
- Richmond County2
- Lancaster County2
- Patrick County2
- Highland County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bath County2
- Buckingham County2
- Craig County2
- Nelson County2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Amelia County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Hanover County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- Dickenson County2
- Carroll County2
- Floyd County2
- Pulaski County2
- Scott County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Galax2
- Bedford County2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Caroline County1
- Charlotte County1
- Essex County1
- Greensville County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- York County1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- Bland County1
- Grayson County1
- Wise County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Norton1
- City of Radford1
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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.