Alert archive / Virginia / 2003
Weather alerts in Virginia, March 2003
43 weather alerts in March 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 March 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 43
- Warnings
- 28
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- March 29, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 1:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 87 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 63 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:04 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline and 54 more | 86 min |
| Mar 13, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 6:33 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline and 52 more | 87 min |
| Mar 13, 7:20 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 25 min | |
| Mar 13, 7:47 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 58 min | |
| Mar 13, 7:50 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 40 min | |
| Mar 19, 10:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | City of Bristol | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Halifax, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Danville and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 11:20 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:18 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Highland | 117 min |
| Mar 21, 2:05 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:11 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 2:11 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 2:11 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 2:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 2:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 3:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 26 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:01 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Buckingham, Caroline, Clarke and 31 more | 89 min |
| Mar 29, 12:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 4 more | 91 min |
| Mar 29, 2:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 45 min | |
| Mar 29, 4:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 4:33 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield and 26 more | 117 min |
| Mar 29, 4:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 5:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 53 min |
| Mar 29, 5:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 49 min |
| Mar 29, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 5:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Stafford | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 5:42 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 63 min | |
| Mar 29, 5:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 64 min |
| Mar 29, 6:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 6:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 57 min |
| Mar 29, 7:09 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 96 min | |
| Mar 30, 12:07 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll and 25 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:10 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Frederick and 19 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 31, 3:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 31, 3:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 31, 3:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 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 | 9 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 13 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 15 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spotsylvania County9
- Stafford County8
- Louisa County7
- City of Danville7
- City of Fredericksburg7
- Caroline County6
- Charlotte County6
- Fluvanna County6
- Goochland County6
- Hanover County6
- King George County6
- Powhatan County6
- City of Alexandria6
- Amelia County5
- Buckingham County5
- Campbell County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Clarke County5
- Culpeper County5
- Cumberland County5
- Fauquier County5
- Halifax County5
- Highland County5
- King William County5
- Loudoun County5
- Madison County5
- Nottoway County5
- Pittsylvania County5
- Prince Edward County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Warren County5
- City of Richmond5
- Sussex County5
- Albemarle County4
- Amherst County4
- Appomattox County4
- Arlington County4
- Bath County4
- Fairfax County4
- Frederick County4
90 more counties
- Greene County4
- Nelson County4
- Orange County4
- Page County4
- Prince William County4
- Rockbridge County4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Lexington4
- City of Manassas4
- City of Manassas Park4
- City of Martinsville4
- City of Waynesboro4
- City of Winchester4
- Brunswick County4
- Charles City County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Greensville County4
- Henrico County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- James City County4
- Lunenburg County4
- New Kent County4
- Prince George County4
- Southampton County4
- Surry County4
- City of Colonial Heights4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Petersburg4
- City of Suffolk4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Alleghany County3
- Augusta County3
- Bland County3
- Botetourt County3
- Carroll County3
- Craig County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Giles County3
- Grayson County3
- Henry County3
- Montgomery County3
- Patrick County3
- Pulaski County3
- Roanoke County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Bristol3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Covington3
- City of Galax3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- City of Staunton3
- Essex County3
- King and Queen County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Richmond County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Poquoson3
- Bedford County2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Gloucester County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Northumberland County2
- York County2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
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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.