Alert archive / Virginia / 2003
Weather alerts in Virginia, January 2003
9 weather alerts in January 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 January 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 9
- Warnings
- 3
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- January 1, 20032 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:15 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 2 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:36 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 54 min | |
| Jan 10, 11:36 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 54 min | |
| Jan 16, 12:07 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:50 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 16, 9:53 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 5 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:18 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 24 more | 4 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Portsmouth2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Henry County2
- Patrick County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Henrico County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Page County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
54 more counties
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buchanan County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Accomack County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- Mathews County1
- Northampton County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Amelia County1
- Caroline County1
- Cumberland County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- King George County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
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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.