Alert archive / Virginia / 2003
Weather alerts in Virginia, February 2003
36 weather alerts in February 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 February 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 36
- Warnings
- 17
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- February 22, 200320 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 5:04 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Halifax, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:58 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 73 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee, Wise, City of Norton | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:12 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 101 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:09 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Grayson, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Danville and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:45 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline and 40 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:04 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:31 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 56 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight and 25 more | 88 min |
| Feb 22, 12:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| Feb 22, 12:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Northampton and 19 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 4 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 31 min |
| Feb 22, 2:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 31 min |
| Feb 22, 2:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Isle of Wight, Mathews, Northampton, York, City of Franklin and 6 more | 53 min |
| Feb 22, 2:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 64 min | |
| Feb 22, 2:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 28 min |
| Feb 22, 3:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 33 min |
| Feb 22, 3:12 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 63 min | |
| Feb 22, 3:12 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 63 min | |
| Feb 22, 3:31 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 2 more | 119 min |
| Feb 22, 4:07 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Feb 22, 4:07 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Feb 22, 4:07 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Feb 22, 4:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 22, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 23 min |
| Feb 22, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 47 min |
| Feb 22, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 30 min |
| Feb 22, 7:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 7:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 2 more | 64 min |
| Feb 26, 6:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham and 55 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 27, 5:04 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Grayson, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Patrick and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 27, 9:51 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington | 6 hr |
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 | 6 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 17 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Halifax County7
- Mecklenburg County7
- Caroline County7
- Cumberland County7
- Goochland County7
- Sussex County7
- Amelia County6
- Appomattox County6
- Arlington County6
- Buckingham County6
- Essex County6
- Fauquier County6
- Fluvanna County6
- Hanover County6
- King and Queen County6
- King George County6
- King William County6
- Northumberland County6
- Pittsylvania County6
- Powhatan County6
- Richmond County6
- Warren County6
- Westmoreland County6
- City of Danville6
- City of Lynchburg6
- City of Martinsville6
- City of Richmond6
- Lee County6
- Wise County6
- City of Norton6
- Brunswick County6
- Prince George County6
- City of Hopewell6
- City of Petersburg6
- Albemarle County5
- Campbell County5
- Carroll County5
- Charlotte County5
- Culpeper County5
- Fairfax County5
93 more counties
- Greene County5
- Louisa County5
- Madison County5
- Nottoway County5
- Orange County5
- Page County5
- Prince Edward County5
- Prince William County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Rockingham County5
- Shenandoah County5
- Stafford County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Charlottesville5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Falls Church5
- City of Fredericksburg5
- City of Harrisonburg5
- City of Manassas5
- City of Manassas Park5
- Charles City County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Greensville County5
- Henrico County5
- Henry County5
- New Kent County5
- Russell County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Emporia5
- James City County5
- City of Poquoson5
- Alleghany County4
- Amherst County4
- Augusta County4
- Bath County4
- Bedford County4
- Botetourt County4
- Highland County4
- Nelson County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Covington4
- City of Lexington4
- City of Staunton4
- City of Waynesboro4
- Buchanan County4
- Clarke County4
- Frederick County4
- Loudoun County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Patrick County4
- City of Galax4
- City of Winchester4
- Lancaster County4
- Middlesex County4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Northampton County4
- Southampton County4
- York County4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Hampton4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Norfolk4
- City of Portsmouth4
- City of Suffolk4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- Dickenson County4
- Scott County4
- Craig County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Giles County3
- Roanoke County3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Grayson County3
- City of Bristol3
- Gloucester County3
- Accomack County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Surry County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- Bland County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pulaski County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Radford2
- Washington County2
- Mathews County2
- 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.