Alert archive / Virginia / 2003
Weather alerts in Virginia, April 2003
30 weather alerts in April 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 April 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 30
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 1
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 30, 200315 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 5, 12:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:12 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 63 min | |
| Apr 5, 1:12 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 63 min | |
| Apr 5, 1:12 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 63 min | |
| Apr 21, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Buchanan, Craig, Dickenson and 16 more | 90 min |
| Apr 26, 10:03 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 20 more | 117 min |
| Apr 26, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 4 more | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 56 min | |
| Apr 26, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 56 min | |
| Apr 29, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 67 min | |
| Apr 29, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 67 min | |
| Apr 29, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 67 min | |
| Apr 30, 12:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grayson | 115 min |
| Apr 30, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grayson | 113 min |
| Apr 30, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Roanoke | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Roanoke | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, City of Lynchburg | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 54 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 | 14 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 7 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Chesapeake5
- Isle of Wight County4
- Southampton County4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Portsmouth4
- City of Suffolk4
- Grayson County3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Craig County2
- Giles County2
- Lee County2
- Montgomery County2
- Roanoke County2
- Botetourt County2
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Highland County1
- Pulaski County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Covington1
- City of Norton1
- City of Radford1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Charles City County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
22 more counties
- Greensville County1
- Halifax County1
- Henrico County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince George County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Hampton1
- Patrick County1
- Franklin County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Bedford County1
- Campbell County1
- Amherst County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Nelson 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.