Alert archive / Virginia / 2005
Weather alerts in Virginia, August 2005
127 weather alerts in August 2005, 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 August 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 127
- Warnings
- 101
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 12
- Busiest day
- August 16, 200538 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:14 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Page and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:22 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 17 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:54 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Greene, King George, Madison and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 19 min |
| Aug 5, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 117 min | |
| Aug 5, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 94 min | |
| Aug 5, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 88 min | |
| Aug 5, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 93 min | |
| Aug 5, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 55 min | |
| Aug 5, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 116 min | |
| Aug 5, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 118 min | |
| Aug 5, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 11:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 10:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 95 min | |
| Aug 7, 11:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 7, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 88 min | |
| Aug 8, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 96 min | |
| Aug 8, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 85 min | |
| Aug 8, 11:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:39 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:18 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Greene, King George, Madison and 10 more | 52 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 94 min | |
| Aug 15, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 45 min | |
| Aug 15, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Powhatan | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 10:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 60 min | |
| Aug 16, 11:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 43 min | |
| Aug 16, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 16, 1:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 38 more | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford and 39 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 39 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 43 more | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 16, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 47 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, Charles City and 57 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 16, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 5:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 43 more | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 40 min | |
| Aug 16, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Powhatan | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 113 min | |
| Aug 16, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 34 min | |
| Aug 16, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 6:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 41 more | 84 min |
| Aug 16, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 49 min | |
| Aug 16, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 97 min | |
| Aug 16, 7:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 29 more | 93 min |
| Aug 16, 9:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 49 min | |
| Aug 19, 2:43 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Greene, King George, Madison and 15 more | 27 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:20 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Goochland and 21 more | 52 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 43 min | |
| Aug 19, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 days | |
| Aug 20, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 67 min | |
| Aug 20, 1:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Aug 21, 4:00 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Greene, King George, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Spotsylvania and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 94 min | |
| Aug 23, 10:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 92 min | |
| Aug 23, 11:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 36 min | |
| Aug 27, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 48 min | |
| Aug 28, 4:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:55 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Nelson, City of Charlottesville, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:12 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:15 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Frederick, Greene, Madison, Nelson and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford and 45 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Carroll | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Patrick | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 4:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 30 more | 83 min |
| Aug 30, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta, Bath and 47 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Madison | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 44 min |
| Aug 30, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Madison | 22 min |
| Aug 30, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Rappahannock | 55 min |
| Aug 30, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Greene | 38 min |
| Aug 30, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 55 min |
| Aug 30, 8:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 29 more | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 8:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta, Bath and 47 more | 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 | 54 |
| Tornado Warning | 8 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 35 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Charlottesville17
- Greene County14
- Madison County14
- Nelson County13
- Spotsylvania County12
- Rockbridge County12
- Botetourt County11
- Bedford County11
- City of Buena Vista11
- City of Lexington11
- Franklin County11
- Culpeper County10
- Orange County10
- City of Staunton10
- City of Waynesboro10
- City of Fredericksburg10
- Patrick County10
- Montgomery County10
- Pulaski County10
- City of Radford10
- Buckingham County10
- Albemarle County10
- Campbell County10
- Charlotte County10
- Amherst County10
- City of Lynchburg10
- Rappahannock County9
- King George County9
- Giles County9
- Floyd County9
- Carroll County9
- Russell County9
- Alleghany County9
- City of Covington9
- Roanoke County9
- City of Roanoke9
- City of Salem9
- Powhatan County9
- Bath County9
- Stafford County8
92 more counties
- Appomattox County8
- Bland County8
- Craig County8
- Pittsylvania County8
- Tazewell County8
- Page County7
- Rockingham County7
- City of Harrisonburg7
- Arlington County7
- City of Alexandria7
- City of Falls Church7
- Fairfax County7
- Caroline County7
- Buchanan County7
- Wythe County7
- Henry County7
- Smyth County7
- City of Galax7
- City of Martinsville7
- Amelia County7
- Goochland County7
- Lunenburg County7
- City of Fairfax6
- Washington County6
- Westmoreland County6
- City of Chesapeake6
- City of Norfolk6
- Dickenson County6
- Louisa County6
- Prince George County6
- Augusta County6
- Grayson County6
- Halifax County6
- City of Danville6
- Brunswick County6
- Cumberland County6
- Dinwiddie County6
- Nottoway County6
- City of Portsmouth5
- City of Suffolk5
- Fluvanna County5
- Charles City County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Greensville County5
- Hanover County5
- James City County5
- Northampton County5
- Southampton County5
- Surry County5
- Sussex County5
- City of Emporia5
- City of Franklin5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Petersburg5
- City of Virginia Beach5
- City of Williamsburg5
- Prince Edward County5
- Shenandoah County4
- Fauquier County4
- Prince William County4
- Richmond County4
- Highland County4
- City of Bristol4
- Gloucester County4
- Henrico County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- Mathews County4
- Middlesex County4
- New Kent County4
- York County4
- City of Colonial Heights4
- City of Hampton4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Poquoson4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Loudoun County3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Wise County3
- Essex County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Lancaster County3
- City of Richmond3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Warren County3
- City of Winchester3
- Lee County2
- Northumberland County2
- Scott County2
- City of Norton2
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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.