Alert archive / Virginia / 2003
Weather alerts in Virginia, October 2003
8 weather alerts in October 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 October 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 8
- Warnings
- 4
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- October 27, 20033 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 10:45 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Winchester | 90 min |
| Oct 14, 1:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and 6 more | 86 min |
| Oct 14, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 55 min | |
| Oct 14, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 2 hr | |
| Oct 27, 12:54 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte and 50 more | 96 min |
| Oct 27, 3:28 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 62 min | |
| Oct 27, 4:37 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Oct 29, 3:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 116 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Northampton County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Loudoun County1
- City of Winchester1
- Bland County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Accomack County1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Halifax County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
32 more counties
- Lancaster County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mathews County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- York County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Williamsburg1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.