Weather alerts in Virginia, 2003
1,213 weather alerts in 2003, 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,213
- Warnings
- 964
- Watches
- 59
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July287 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 9, 200373 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
1,213 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
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 | 440 |
| Tornado Warning | 47 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 46 |
| Tornado Watch | 13 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 190 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 173 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 304 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fauquier County106
- Loudoun County99
- Fairfax County92
- Warren County90
- Prince William County89
- Culpeper County88
- Stafford County82
- City of Fairfax82
- City of Fredericksburg81
- City of Manassas Park81
- Madison County80
- Clarke County80
- Bedford County79
- Orange County79
- City of Manassas79
- Spotsylvania County78
- Shenandoah County77
- Rappahannock County76
- King George County75
- City of Falls Church75
- Pittsylvania County74
- Page County72
- Arlington County72
- City of Alexandria72
- Frederick County72
- City of Winchester72
- Caroline County71
- Greene County70
- Patrick County68
- Campbell County67
- Halifax County67
- Buckingham County67
- City of Charlottesville67
- Amherst County65
- Westmoreland County65
- Cumberland County65
- Albemarle County65
- Louisa County65
- Nelson County65
- City of Lynchburg64
93 more counties
- Chesterfield County64
- City of Richmond64
- Amelia County64
- Mecklenburg County64
- Dinwiddie County63
- Goochland County63
- Powhatan County63
- Rockingham County63
- Lunenburg County63
- Franklin County62
- Hanover County62
- Fluvanna County62
- Augusta County61
- City of Martinsville60
- Essex County60
- Richmond County60
- Lee County59
- City of Roanoke59
- Henrico County59
- Nottoway County59
- Charlotte County59
- City of Danville58
- City of Staunton58
- City of Waynesboro58
- Roanoke County57
- Northumberland County57
- Appomattox County57
- Henry County56
- Isle of Wight County56
- Prince Edward County56
- City of Harrisonburg56
- Botetourt County55
- City of Newport News55
- Prince George County54
- Brunswick County54
- City of Suffolk53
- Rockbridge County53
- King and Queen County53
- King William County53
- Southampton County53
- Sussex County53
- City of Buena Vista52
- City of Lexington52
- Middlesex County52
- City of Colonial Heights52
- City of Hopewell52
- City of Petersburg52
- Wise County51
- Carroll County51
- City of Franklin50
- Scott County50
- Greensville County50
- New Kent County50
- Montgomery County49
- Charles City County49
- Gloucester County49
- Surry County49
- York County49
- City of Emporia49
- City of Hampton49
- City of Chesapeake48
- City of Portsmouth48
- Craig County48
- City of Salem48
- City of Williamsburg48
- City of Norton47
- Floyd County47
- Lancaster County47
- Highland County47
- Washington County47
- Russell County46
- James City County46
- City of Norfolk46
- Alleghany County45
- City of Poquoson45
- Bath County44
- City of Covington44
- City of Radford44
- Mathews County44
- City of Virginia Beach43
- Pulaski County43
- Accomack County43
- Grayson County42
- Giles County41
- Smyth County41
- City of Bristol40
- Bland County40
- Wythe County40
- Dickenson County39
- Tazewell County39
- City of Galax39
- Northampton County39
- Buchanan County34
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.