Alert archive / Virginia / 2002
Weather alerts in Virginia, July 2002
106 weather alerts in July 2002, 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 106
- Warnings
- 104
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 3, 200243 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 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Craig | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Salem | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Wise | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 111 min |
| Jul 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 7:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 114 min |
| Jul 2, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 26 min |
| Jul 3, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 49 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 2:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 26 min |
| Jul 3, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, Wythe, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 26 min |
| Jul 3, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski, City of Radford | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 33 min | |
| Jul 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles, Pulaski | 22 min |
| Jul 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 115 min |
| Jul 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 33 min | |
| Jul 3, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski, Tazewell | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 11:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bland, Brunswick, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 93 min | |
| Jul 9, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 49 min | |
| Jul 9, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 61 min | |
| Jul 19, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 91 min | |
| Jul 20, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 31 min | |
| Jul 20, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 31 min | |
| Jul 20, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 11:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 33 min | |
| Jul 25, 10:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas and 1 more | 52 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 | 84 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 11 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 9 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Montgomery County10
- Carroll County9
- Washington County7
- Roanoke County7
- Henry County7
- Pittsylvania County7
- Franklin County7
- Wythe County6
- Giles County6
- Pulaski County6
- Craig County5
- City of Salem5
- Rockbridge County5
- City of Martinsville5
- Campbell County5
- Tazewell County5
- City of Danville5
- City of Roanoke5
- City of Radford4
- Botetourt County4
- City of Galax4
- City of Lexington4
- Wise County4
- Bedford County4
- Patrick County4
- Scott County3
- Bland County3
- Alleghany County3
- Russell County3
- Grayson County3
- Appomattox County3
- Charlotte County3
- Floyd County3
- Halifax County3
- Frederick County3
- City of Winchester3
- Bath County2
- Highland County2
- Albemarle County2
- Amherst County2
44 more counties
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Covington2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Brunswick County2
- Loudoun County2
- City of Norton1
- Augusta County1
- Buckingham County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Greene County1
- Louisa County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Smyth County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Chesterfield County1
- Lee County1
- Greensville County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Shenandoah County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Prince William County1
- City of Fairfax1
- 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.