Alert archive / Virginia / 2012
Weather alerts in Virginia, July 2012
1,240 weather alerts in July 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 July 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,240
- Warnings
- 469
- Watches
- 27
- Advisories
- 79
- Busiest day
- July 1, 2012117 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
1,240 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.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 297 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 16 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 47 |
| Special Weather Statement | 618 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 21 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 7 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 41 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 4 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 4 |
| Heat Advisory | 22 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 140 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 12 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Frederick County65
- Surry County60
- Fauquier County58
- Pittsylvania County57
- Shenandoah County56
- Patrick County55
- Mecklenburg County55
- Sussex County52
- Culpeper County52
- Franklin County50
- Brunswick County50
- Nelson County49
- James City County48
- Prince George County48
- Charles City County47
- City of Hopewell47
- Greensville County47
- Warren County47
- Southampton County46
- City of Chesapeake46
- Fairfax County46
- Halifax County45
- Lunenburg County45
- Clarke County45
- Arlington County45
- Carroll County44
- Henry County44
- Gloucester County44
- City of Emporia44
- Rockingham County44
- City of Winchester44
- City of Petersburg43
- Dinwiddie County43
- City of Alexandria43
- City of Falls Church43
- Wythe County42
- Bedford County42
- Stafford County42
- City of Virginia Beach41
- City of Franklin41
93 more counties
- Grayson County41
- Rappahannock County41
- Orange County41
- Tazewell County40
- New Kent County40
- City of Williamsburg40
- Spotsylvania County40
- Charlotte County40
- Prince William County40
- City of Fairfax40
- York County39
- City of Newport News39
- Buchanan County39
- Loudoun County39
- King George County39
- Isle of Wight County38
- Smyth County38
- City of Martinsville38
- Bland County37
- Hanover County37
- Botetourt County37
- Page County37
- City of Fredericksburg37
- Augusta County36
- City of Harrisonburg36
- City of Charlottesville36
- Scott County35
- City of Danville35
- City of Waynesboro35
- City of Suffolk34
- Greene County34
- Appomattox County34
- Buckingham County34
- Madison County34
- Caroline County33
- Mathews County33
- Nottoway County33
- Albemarle County33
- Richmond County33
- Pulaski County32
- Goochland County32
- Prince Edward County32
- Campbell County32
- Washington County32
- Floyd County31
- Henrico County31
- Cumberland County31
- Powhatan County31
- City of Colonial Heights31
- Amherst County31
- Westmoreland County31
- Roanoke County30
- Middlesex County30
- Rockbridge County30
- Wise County30
- City of Roanoke30
- Fluvanna County30
- Accomack County30
- City of Buena Vista29
- City of Galax29
- Alleghany County29
- Amelia County29
- Russell County29
- Northumberland County29
- King and Queen County28
- City of Lexington28
- Dickenson County28
- City of Portsmouth27
- City of Norton27
- City of Staunton27
- King William County26
- City of Hampton26
- Lancaster County26
- City of Bristol26
- Highland County26
- Chesterfield County25
- City of Poquoson25
- City of Norfolk25
- Bath County25
- Northampton County25
- Lee County25
- Louisa County24
- City of Richmond24
- City of Salem24
- City of Manassas24
- Essex County23
- Montgomery County23
- City of Lynchburg23
- Giles County22
- City of Covington22
- City of Manassas Park20
- Craig County19
- City of Radford18
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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.