Weather alerts in Virginia, 2010
3,861 weather alerts in 2010, 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,861
- Warnings
- 1,497
- Watches
- 180
- Advisories
- 753
- Busiest month
- June651 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 5, 2010177 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,861 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 County232
- Pittsylvania County221
- Tazewell County204
- Grayson County203
- Arlington County202
- Patrick County201
- City of Falls Church200
- City of Fairfax199
- Fauquier County199
- Henry County196
- Halifax County195
- City of Alexandria195
- Bland County194
- Franklin County189
- Carroll County182
- Nelson County182
- Smyth County181
- Montgomery County179
- Bedford County178
- Page County177
- Culpeper County177
- Stafford County177
- Floyd County176
- Clarke County174
- Giles County173
- Alleghany County172
- Botetourt County172
- Rockingham County172
- Greene County171
- Orange County170
- Campbell County169
- Madison County167
- Rappahannock County167
- King George County167
- Charlotte County166
- Craig County165
- Warren County165
- Amherst County164
- Pulaski County164
- Wythe County163
93 more counties
- Appomattox County162
- Bath County162
- Shenandoah County162
- City of Charlottesville161
- Roanoke County160
- City of Martinsville159
- City of Virginia Beach159
- Rockbridge County158
- Frederick County157
- Buckingham County155
- City of Danville154
- City of Waynesboro154
- Spotsylvania County154
- City of Covington153
- City of Galax153
- Loudoun County152
- City of Chesapeake151
- City of Staunton148
- Southampton County146
- City of Winchester146
- Dinwiddie County145
- Prince George County145
- City of Harrisonburg145
- City of Radford144
- Sussex County143
- City of Fredericksburg143
- Russell County142
- City of Petersburg141
- Washington County141
- City of Lexington141
- City of Roanoke141
- City of Salem140
- City of Lynchburg139
- Goochland County139
- Prince William County139
- Scott County138
- Amelia County136
- Nottoway County136
- City of Buena Vista135
- Mecklenburg County134
- Lunenburg County132
- Powhatan County132
- City of Hopewell132
- Wise County132
- Lee County132
- Surry County131
- Accomack County129
- Greensville County129
- Brunswick County128
- Caroline County128
- Charles City County128
- New Kent County128
- Fluvanna County126
- Prince Edward County125
- Chesterfield County124
- City of Bristol122
- Gloucester County121
- James City County121
- Middlesex County121
- City of Emporia121
- City of Manassas121
- Lancaster County119
- Northumberland County119
- City of Franklin119
- City of Norton119
- Albemarle County119
- Cumberland County117
- City of Manassas Park117
- Northampton County116
- City of Williamsburg115
- Hanover County114
- Westmoreland County113
- Richmond County110
- Mathews County108
- Henrico County108
- Louisa County107
- Augusta County106
- City of Richmond106
- Buchanan County99
- Dickenson County98
- City of Suffolk98
- King and Queen County97
- King William County94
- City of Colonial Heights93
- Highland County89
- Isle of Wight County89
- City of Portsmouth87
- City of Norfolk85
- City of Newport News82
- Essex County80
- York County74
- City of Hampton70
- City of Poquoson64
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.