Weather alerts in Virginia, 2015

4,102 weather alerts in 2015, 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 4,102
Warnings: 1,123
Watches: 140
Advisories: 807
Busiest month: June1,045 alerts
Busiest day: June 27, 201598 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

4,102 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	400
Tornado Warning	24
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	27
Tornado Watch	6
Mesoscale Discussion	117
Special Weather Statement	1,892
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	66
Flash Flood Warning	73
River Flood Warning	46
Flash Flood Watch	36
Flood Watch	20
River Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	142
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	22
Winter Storm Watch	18
Freezing Rain Advisory	7
Winter Weather Advisory	52
Heat
Heat Advisory	7
Cold
Freeze Warning	14
Hard Freeze Warning	1
Wind Chill Warning	7
Freeze Watch	11
Wind Chill Watch	6
Frost Advisory	17
Wind Chill Advisory	32
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	6
High Wind Watch	5
Wind Advisory	51
Fire
Red Flag Warning	3
Fire Weather Watch	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	52
Freezing Fog Advisory	2
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	2
Coastal Flood Watch	3
Coastal Flood Advisory	40
High Surf Advisory	7
Beach Hazards Statement	5
Coastal Flood Statement	15
Rip Current Statement	3
Marine
Gale Warning	46
Special Marine Warning	410
Storm Warning	3
Gale Watch	6
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	8
Low Water Advisory	5
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	22
Small Craft Advisory	360
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	3

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.