Weather alerts in Virginia, 2008
2,516 weather alerts in 2008, 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 2,516
- Warnings
- 1,682
- Watches
- 132
- Advisories
- 503
- Busiest month
- June631 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 9, 200894 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
2,516 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County188
- Pittsylvania County175
- Stafford County171
- Franklin County164
- Bedford County157
- Culpeper County155
- City of Virginia Beach153
- Halifax County151
- City of Fairfax151
- Arlington County150
- City of Alexandria148
- Campbell County146
- Southampton County144
- Sussex County144
- City of Falls Church143
- Patrick County141
- Charlotte County140
- Spotsylvania County137
- Henry County136
- King George County135
- City of Chesapeake135
- Madison County134
- Prince George County134
- Charles City County133
- Orange County131
- Rappahannock County130
- New Kent County129
- Middlesex County127
- Botetourt County126
- Carroll County126
- Dinwiddie County125
- Surry County125
- Amherst County124
- Rockingham County123
- City of Fredericksburg123
- Accomack County123
- Greensville County123
- Brunswick County122
- Gloucester County122
- James City County120
93 more counties
- Northampton County120
- Richmond County120
- Floyd County117
- Rockbridge County117
- Lancaster County117
- Northumberland County117
- Westmoreland County116
- Appomattox County115
- Clarke County115
- City of Petersburg115
- City of Hopewell114
- Frederick County113
- Greene County113
- Page County113
- Fauquier County113
- Grayson County112
- Montgomery County112
- Shenandoah County112
- Caroline County112
- Prince William County112
- City of Franklin112
- Bath County110
- Roanoke County110
- Nelson County110
- City of Emporia110
- City of Williamsburg110
- Mathews County109
- Craig County108
- Mecklenburg County108
- Alleghany County107
- King William County107
- Bland County106
- Lunenburg County106
- City of Suffolk106
- City of Martinsville105
- Loudoun County105
- King and Queen County104
- Giles County103
- City of Roanoke103
- Warren County103
- City of Charlottesville103
- Pulaski County102
- Wythe County101
- Tazewell County101
- Goochland County101
- Isle of Wight County101
- Wise County100
- City of Buena Vista100
- City of Lexington100
- Buckingham County100
- City of Danville100
- Fluvanna County98
- City of Harrisonburg98
- City of Winchester98
- Chesterfield County98
- Washington County97
- Nottoway County97
- City of Covington96
- Amelia County96
- Henrico County96
- Smyth County95
- Powhatan County95
- City of Waynesboro95
- City of Salem94
- City of Staunton93
- Hanover County93
- City of Lynchburg92
- Russell County91
- Scott County91
- Essex County90
- York County89
- City of Norton88
- City of Galax88
- City of Newport News88
- City of Portsmouth88
- Cumberland County87
- Prince Edward County87
- Albemarle County87
- Lee County86
- City of Radford86
- City of Norfolk86
- City of Manassas82
- City of Richmond82
- City of Colonial Heights80
- City of Manassas Park79
- City of Hampton79
- Louisa County77
- City of Bristol76
- City of Poquoson75
- Buchanan County59
- Dickenson County58
- Augusta County58
- Highland County44
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.