Weather alerts in Virginia, 2011
5,515 weather alerts in 2011, 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 5,515
- Warnings
- 2,166
- Watches
- 193
- Advisories
- 814
- Busiest month
- June871 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 28, 2011151 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
5,515 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 County330
- Arlington County284
- Fauquier County283
- City of Alexandria283
- Patrick County278
- Stafford County278
- City of Falls Church278
- City of Fairfax268
- Carroll County267
- Culpeper County258
- Grayson County257
- Franklin County253
- Bedford County241
- Pittsylvania County236
- King George County235
- Orange County234
- Madison County231
- Floyd County225
- Halifax County225
- Loudoun County224
- Prince William County222
- Sussex County221
- Shenandoah County221
- Nelson County220
- Wythe County218
- Frederick County218
- Greene County218
- Clarke County216
- Prince George County213
- Rockingham County213
- City of Charlottesville212
- New Kent County209
- Southampton County208
- Spotsylvania County207
- Albemarle County206
- Roanoke County205
- Henry County204
- Charles City County204
- Campbell County201
- Dinwiddie County201
93 more counties
- Smyth County200
- Pulaski County200
- Henrico County200
- Charlotte County199
- City of Galax198
- Botetourt County198
- Bland County197
- City of Petersburg197
- Montgomery County195
- Rappahannock County195
- Tazewell County194
- City of Hopewell193
- Page County191
- Amherst County188
- City of Fredericksburg188
- Washington County187
- Scott County187
- Goochland County187
- Warren County187
- City of Virginia Beach187
- Middlesex County186
- Gloucester County185
- Surry County185
- King and Queen County185
- Craig County182
- Westmoreland County182
- Hanover County182
- Russell County181
- City of Roanoke180
- Richmond County179
- Caroline County179
- City of Chesapeake179
- King William County178
- Appomattox County176
- Wise County175
- Greensville County175
- City of Winchester175
- Chesterfield County175
- Alleghany County174
- James City County174
- City of Waynesboro173
- City of Danville172
- City of Martinsville172
- Brunswick County172
- Essex County172
- Highland County171
- Buckingham County170
- Fluvanna County170
- Rockbridge County169
- Cumberland County169
- Powhatan County168
- Isle of Wight County168
- Bath County167
- Giles County165
- Lancaster County165
- Mecklenburg County165
- City of Salem164
- Northumberland County164
- Lunenburg County163
- City of Franklin162
- Amelia County161
- City of Harrisonburg161
- City of Manassas160
- City of Lynchburg158
- Nottoway County157
- City of Emporia157
- City of Colonial Heights157
- Lee County156
- City of Bristol155
- Prince Edward County155
- City of Richmond155
- City of Norton153
- Louisa County153
- City of Manassas Park153
- City of Radford152
- City of Staunton151
- City of Williamsburg150
- City of Suffolk150
- Mathews County149
- City of Newport News148
- City of Buena Vista147
- City of Covington145
- Augusta County143
- City of Lexington142
- City of Portsmouth141
- Buchanan County139
- York County139
- City of Norfolk137
- Dickenson County125
- Accomack County124
- City of Hampton123
- Northampton County118
- City of Poquoson106
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.