Weather alerts in Virginia, 2012
5,067 weather alerts in 2012, 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 5,067
- Warnings
- 1,572
- Watches
- 160
- Advisories
- 825
- Busiest month
- July1,240 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 1, 2012128 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
5,067 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.
- Fauquier County238
- Arlington County224
- Fairfax County223
- City of Alexandria219
- City of Falls Church219
- Frederick County212
- Shenandoah County206
- Culpeper County204
- Patrick County201
- Clarke County196
- Pittsylvania County196
- Rockingham County196
- Warren County193
- Franklin County191
- Madison County190
- Carroll County189
- Bedford County188
- Orange County188
- City of Chesapeake187
- Rappahannock County186
- Stafford County186
- Grayson County184
- City of Virginia Beach183
- Greene County182
- City of Fairfax181
- Page County179
- Floyd County177
- Wythe County177
- Nelson County177
- City of Winchester175
- Surry County172
- Bland County171
- Tazewell County171
- Rockbridge County170
- City of Charlottesville170
- Campbell County168
- Halifax County168
- Alleghany County166
- Botetourt County166
- Greensville County166
93 more counties
- Prince George County166
- Henry County165
- City of Harrisonburg165
- Southampton County164
- Highland County163
- Brunswick County163
- Spotsylvania County163
- Amherst County162
- King George County162
- Dinwiddie County160
- Mecklenburg County160
- Sussex County159
- Smyth County158
- City of Buena Vista157
- City of Petersburg157
- City of Waynesboro155
- Isle of Wight County155
- Pulaski County154
- City of Emporia153
- City of Hopewell153
- Bath County152
- Prince William County152
- Buckingham County152
- Charlotte County152
- City of Martinsville152
- City of Lexington151
- Appomattox County150
- City of Roanoke149
- City of Staunton149
- Loudoun County149
- Montgomery County148
- Roanoke County148
- City of Galax147
- City of Fredericksburg147
- City of Covington146
- Charles City County146
- Giles County144
- Lunenburg County144
- City of Newport News144
- Goochland County144
- James City County143
- Craig County141
- City of Suffolk140
- City of Portsmouth139
- Gloucester County139
- Hanover County137
- City of Franklin137
- Chesterfield County136
- Accomack County135
- City of Lynchburg134
- Powhatan County134
- City of Williamsburg134
- City of Salem133
- City of Danville132
- Amelia County130
- City of Norfolk129
- Middlesex County127
- Scott County126
- Henrico County126
- Caroline County125
- Albemarle County125
- Fluvanna County125
- City of Radford124
- City of Colonial Heights124
- Nottoway County124
- New Kent County124
- Northumberland County124
- Washington County123
- City of Hampton123
- Richmond County121
- Russell County120
- City of Richmond120
- Prince Edward County120
- Northampton County120
- Mathews County119
- City of Manassas118
- York County117
- Louisa County117
- Cumberland County117
- Buchanan County114
- Wise County113
- Lancaster County113
- Lee County111
- City of Poquoson110
- Westmoreland County108
- City of Bristol104
- King William County104
- City of Norton103
- King and Queen County102
- City of Manassas Park98
- Augusta County96
- Dickenson County95
- Essex County89
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.