Alert archive / Virginia / 2005
Weather alerts in Virginia, March 2005
34 weather alerts in March 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 March 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 34
- Warnings
- 26
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- March 28, 200514 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 8, 11:04 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 41 min | |
| Mar 8, 11:58 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 62 min | |
| Mar 11, 3:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 63 min | |
| Mar 20, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 3:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 91 min | |
| Mar 20, 4:09 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 96 min | |
| Mar 23, 11:41 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and 6 more | 64 min |
| Mar 23, 12:42 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Northampton, Southampton and 14 more | 93 min |
| Mar 23, 4:43 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 32 min | |
| Mar 23, 4:50 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Henry, Isle of Wight, Mecklenburg, Southampton and 15 more | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 5:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 45 min | |
| Mar 23, 5:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 6:32 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 43 min | |
| Mar 23, 8:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 181 days |
| Mar 27, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | City of Bristol | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:07 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee | 83 min |
| Mar 28, 7:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 194 days |
| Mar 28, 7:56 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia and 3 more | 94 min |
| Mar 28, 8:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia, City of Franklin and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:26 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 49 min | |
| Mar 28, 11:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 118 min | |
| Mar 28, 1:09 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:17 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Gloucester and 28 more | 118 min |
| Mar 28, 2:30 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 28, 3:02 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 118 min | |
| Mar 28, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 194 days |
| Mar 28, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Cumberland, Prince Edward | 246 days |
| Mar 28, 3:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward, Richmond | 246 days |
| Mar 28, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Powhatan | 246 days |
| Mar 28, 7:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 3 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 | 11 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 12 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Virginia Beach5
- Brunswick County4
- Greensville County4
- Southampton County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Suffolk4
- City of Falls Church3
- Surry County3
- York County3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Portsmouth3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Lee County2
- City of Bristol2
- Isle of Wight County2
- James City County2
- Northampton County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Lancaster County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Essex County2
- Hanover County2
- Richmond County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Fairfax County2
- City of Fairfax2
- Arlington County1
- City of Alexandria1
- Bland County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
41 more counties
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Henry County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Martinsville1
- Montgomery County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Bedford County1
- Franklin County1
- Carroll County1
- City of Galax1
- Accomack County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Gloucester County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Louisa County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Prince George County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Richmond1
- Cumberland County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Goochland County1
- Powhatan County1
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. Rebuilt daily.