Weather alerts in Virginia, 2009
2,997 weather alerts in 2009, 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 2,997
- Warnings
- 1,430
- Watches
- 176
- Advisories
- 700
- Busiest month
- June655 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 3, 2009120 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
2,997 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.
- City of Virginia Beach180
- Halifax County179
- Pittsylvania County167
- Grayson County159
- Montgomery County155
- City of Chesapeake155
- Carroll County150
- Wythe County149
- Bedford County149
- Tazewell County148
- Floyd County146
- Smyth County146
- Fairfax County145
- Charlotte County143
- Stafford County142
- Bland County142
- Campbell County142
- Pulaski County141
- Southampton County141
- Accomack County138
- Giles County137
- Northampton County135
- Franklin County134
- King George County134
- Scott County132
- Bath County132
- Arlington County132
- Patrick County131
- City of Alexandria130
- City of Falls Church130
- Orange County129
- Spotsylvania County129
- City of Fairfax129
- Lee County126
- City of Radford126
- Wise County125
- Roanoke County125
- Greensville County124
- Amherst County123
- Amelia County123
93 more counties
- Brunswick County123
- Sussex County123
- Russell County122
- Washington County122
- Dinwiddie County122
- Appomattox County122
- Alleghany County120
- Culpeper County120
- Gloucester County120
- Craig County120
- City of Fredericksburg119
- City of Galax119
- City of Norton118
- City of Roanoke118
- City of Salem117
- City of Covington116
- Nottoway County115
- Prince George County114
- Middlesex County113
- Surry County113
- Buckingham County112
- City of Danville112
- Botetourt County112
- City of Suffolk112
- Powhatan County111
- City of Bristol109
- Rockbridge County109
- James City County109
- Lunenburg County108
- New Kent County107
- City of Franklin107
- Madison County106
- Cumberland County106
- Rappahannock County105
- Henry County104
- Buchanan County104
- Richmond County104
- City of Lynchburg104
- City of Buena Vista103
- City of Lexington103
- Frederick County103
- Charles City County103
- Lancaster County103
- Mathews County103
- Prince Edward County103
- Isle of Wight County103
- Caroline County102
- Goochland County102
- Northumberland County101
- City of Petersburg101
- Page County100
- Westmoreland County100
- Nelson County99
- City of Charlottesville99
- City of Martinsville99
- City of Emporia99
- Clarke County98
- Chesterfield County98
- Rockingham County97
- City of Hopewell97
- City of Williamsburg97
- Dickenson County96
- King and Queen County96
- Greene County95
- Warren County95
- Shenandoah County94
- City of Winchester93
- Mecklenburg County93
- City of Norfolk93
- City of Portsmouth90
- City of Newport News89
- City of Richmond88
- King William County88
- City of Harrisonburg86
- City of Staunton86
- City of Waynesboro86
- York County86
- Hanover County86
- Fluvanna County84
- Essex County84
- Henrico County81
- City of Hampton76
- City of Colonial Heights72
- Louisa County69
- City of Poquoson68
- Fauquier County68
- Loudoun County67
- Prince William County66
- Albemarle County62
- City of Manassas56
- City of Manassas Park55
- Augusta County37
- Highland County24
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.