Alert archive / Virginia / 2003
Weather alerts in Virginia, September 2003
92 weather alerts in September 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 September 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 92
- Warnings
- 76
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- September 23, 200322 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 7:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 88 min |
| Sep 1, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 53 min | |
| Sep 1, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 26 min | |
| Sep 2, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 61 min |
| Sep 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 88 min | |
| Sep 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 39 min | |
| Sep 2, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 37 min | |
| Sep 2, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison | 50 min |
| Sep 2, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Stafford | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 83 min | |
| Sep 2, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 94 min | |
| Sep 2, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 94 min | |
| Sep 3, 1:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 78 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Sep 3, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 57 min |
| Sep 3, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 58 min | |
| Sep 3, 4:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Sep 3, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Sep 3, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Sep 3, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Sep 3, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Sep 3, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 53 min | |
| Sep 3, 7:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Loudoun, Warren, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas Park | 93 min |
| Sep 3, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 47 min | |
| Sep 3, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 47 min | |
| Sep 3, 7:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 39 min | |
| Sep 3, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 39 min | |
| Sep 3, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 10:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 32 min |
| Sep 4, 2:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight and 23 more | 114 min |
| Sep 4, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 93 min | |
| Sep 18, 4:04 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 8:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City and 25 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 18, 12:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Lancaster, Mathews and 16 more | 117 min |
| Sep 18, 4:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 12 more | 117 min |
| Sep 18, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Highland, Nelson, City of Charlottesville, City of Staunton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Emporia | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 6:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, Charles City and 52 more | 91 min |
| Sep 18, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 27 min | |
| Sep 18, 8:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 8:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 11:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 11:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Highland, Nelson, City of Charlottesville, City of Staunton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Madison, Orange, Page and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 6:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 29 min |
| Sep 23, 6:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 31 min |
| Sep 23, 6:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | King William | 30 min |
| Sep 23, 6:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen | 30 min |
| Sep 23, 7:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 114 min | |
| Sep 23, 7:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Richmond | 27 min |
| Sep 23, 7:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 60 min | |
| Sep 23, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex | 31 min |
| Sep 23, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 64 min | |
| Sep 23, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 64 min | |
| Sep 23, 8:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 33 min | |
| Sep 23, 8:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 33 min | |
| Sep 23, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 62 min | |
| Sep 23, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 62 min | |
| Sep 23, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 62 min | |
| Sep 23, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 62 min | |
| Sep 26, 3:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier and 20 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 108 min |
| Sep 27, 2:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 113 min |
| Sep 27, 2:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Augusta, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amherst, Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Frederick, Page and 10 more | 53 min |
| Sep 27, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 26 min |
| Sep 28, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Sep 28, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 32 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 | 10 |
| Tornado Warning | 9 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 23 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 34 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Accomack County11
- Warren County11
- City of Norfolk10
- Gloucester County9
- Lancaster County9
- Mathews County9
- Middlesex County9
- Northampton County9
- Northumberland County9
- City of Hampton9
- City of Newport News9
- City of Portsmouth9
- York County8
- City of Poquoson8
- City of Williamsburg8
- Shenandoah County8
- City of Virginia Beach8
- Fauquier County7
- Clarke County7
- Isle of Wight County7
- Loudoun County7
- City of Chesapeake7
- City of Suffolk7
- Stafford County6
- James City County6
- Page County6
- Richmond County6
- Surry County6
- City of Staunton6
- Orange County5
- Madison County5
- Charles City County5
- Essex County5
- King and Queen County5
- New Kent County5
- Westmoreland County5
- City of Waynesboro5
- Augusta County5
- Rockingham County5
- City of Harrisonburg5
89 more counties
- Frederick County5
- City of Winchester5
- King George County4
- City of Fairfax4
- Albemarle County4
- Bedford County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Culpeper County4
- Greene County4
- Hanover County4
- Henrico County4
- King William County4
- Prince George County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Sussex County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- City of Manassas Park4
- City of Richmond4
- Southampton County4
- City of Franklin4
- Highland County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Fairfax County3
- Nelson County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Prince William County3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Lexington3
- Arlington County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Falls Church2
- Amelia County2
- Amherst County2
- Buckingham County2
- Caroline County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Franklin County2
- Goochland County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Nottoway County2
- Patrick County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Petersburg2
- Brunswick County2
- Greensville County2
- Alleghany County2
- Botetourt County2
- Giles County2
- City of Covington2
- Appomattox County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Danville1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Bath County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Grayson County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Smyth County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
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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.