Weather alerts in Virginia, December 2015

174 weather alerts in December 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 December 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 174
Warnings: 41
Watches: 10
Advisories: 73
Busiest day: December 24, 201549 alerts

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 1, 3:27 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		52 hr
Dec 1, 9:18 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ		19 hr
Dec 1, 10:47 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 13 more	17 hr
Dec 2, 3:27 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		31 hr
Dec 2, 3:39 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		57 hr
Dec 2, 5:12 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Grayson	6 hr
Dec 2, 5:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	113 min
Dec 2, 6:53 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, York, City of Emporia and 4 more	4 hr
Dec 2, 7:16 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	74 min
Dec 2, 7:47 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	6 hr
Dec 3, 3:26 AM EST	Gale Warning	LWX		12 hr
Dec 3, 3:26 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		27 hr
Dec 6, 9:28 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock, City of Fairfax	6 hr
Dec 7, 3:58 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		30 hr
Dec 9, 2:06 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania and 2 more	9 hr
Dec 9, 2:25 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 21 more	9 hr
Dec 9, 6:14 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun and 13 more	7 hr
Dec 10, 3:16 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 12 more	8 hr
Dec 10, 3:44 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	MRX	Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more	7 hr
Dec 12, 2:42 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Halifax, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	6 hr
Dec 13, 3:10 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		3 days
Dec 13, 3:24 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		55 hr
Dec 13, 3:38 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell	39 hr
Dec 13, 3:53 AM EST	Wind Advisory	MRX	Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more	36 hr
Dec 13, 5:04 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia and 1 more	5 hr
Dec 14, 9:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	4 hr
Dec 14, 3:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe and 2 more	34 min
Dec 14, 7:23 PM EST	Wind Advisory	LWX	Highland	10 hr
Dec 15, 12:04 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		116 min
Dec 15, 10:05 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		115 min
Dec 15, 6:57 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		3 hr
Dec 17, 3:32 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		42 hr
Dec 17, 3:36 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		66 hr
Dec 17, 4:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	47 min
Dec 17, 4:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	46 min
Dec 17, 9:57 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun and 9 more	5 hr
Dec 18, 3:16 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Grayson	27 hr
Dec 18, 6:50 AM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		27 hr
Dec 18, 12:21 PM EST	Gale Warning	LWX		17 hr
Dec 18, 12:21 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		45 hr
Dec 18, 11:47 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Warren	28 min
Dec 19, 4:58 AM EST	Gale Warning	LWX		4 hr
Dec 19, 12:34 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Grayson	6 hr
Dec 20, 3:28 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		48 hr
Dec 22, 3:49 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		17 hr
Dec 22, 7:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 2 more	48 min
Dec 22, 8:46 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		9 hr
Dec 22, 8:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 28 more	58 min
Dec 22, 10:22 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Lancaster, Mathews and 17 more	53 min
Dec 22, 11:55 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		50 min
Dec 22, 11:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	49 min
Dec 22, 12:42 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		48 min
Dec 22, 1:15 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		53 hr
Dec 22, 3:28 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 27 more	28 hr
Dec 22, 3:45 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		63 hr
Dec 22, 7:12 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell, Carroll and 23 more	18 hr
Dec 22, 10:15 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Madison, Nelson, Orange and 9 more	14 hr
Dec 23, 3:42 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ		3 hr
Dec 23, 12:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 5 more	63 min
Dec 23, 1:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg and 10 more	59 min
Dec 23, 1:47 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and 5 more	3 hr
Dec 23, 2:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	85 min
Dec 23, 3:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	4 days
Dec 23, 3:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Sussex	5 days
Dec 23, 4:30 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	60 min
Dec 23, 5:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	26 min
Dec 23, 5:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	42 min
Dec 23, 5:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	44 min
Dec 23, 5:57 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fairfax, City of Alexandria	2 hr
Dec 23, 6:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway, City of Richmond	36 min
Dec 23, 7:07 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Essex, Hanover, King William, Westmoreland, City of Richmond	38 min
Dec 23, 7:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, King William, Richmond, Westmoreland	35 min
Dec 23, 7:52 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		38 min
Dec 23, 7:54 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		96 min
Dec 23, 8:21 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		54 min
Dec 23, 8:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	4 days
Dec 23, 9:33 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	3 hr
Dec 24, 12:25 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	12 hr
Dec 24, 3:23 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	55 hr
Dec 24, 3:44 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church	10 hr
Dec 24, 4:06 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Carroll, Charlotte, Grayson, Halifax, Henry, Patrick and 5 more	42 hr
Dec 24, 4:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	48 min
Dec 24, 5:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe	45 min
Dec 24, 7:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	57 min
Dec 24, 7:47 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Grayson	6 hr
Dec 24, 8:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	42 min
Dec 24, 8:35 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward	40 min
Dec 24, 8:51 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	6 hr
Dec 24, 9:01 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	49 hr
Dec 24, 9:01 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	72 hr
Dec 24, 9:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover, Powhatan, City of Richmond	45 min
Dec 24, 9:57 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		93 min
Dec 24, 10:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	City of Danville	3 hr
Dec 24, 10:28 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward	3 hr
Dec 24, 10:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, City of Danville	61 min
Dec 24, 10:46 AM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward	36 hr
Dec 24, 10:58 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Powhatan	32 min
Dec 24, 11:25 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		65 min
Dec 24, 11:38 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield	37 min
Dec 24, 11:47 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	9 hr
Dec 24, 12:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, King William, City of Richmond	45 min
Dec 24, 12:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent, City of Hopewell	35 min
Dec 24, 1:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Middlesex	32 min
Dec 24, 1:29 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		46 min
Dec 24, 1:40 PM EST	Flood Watch	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	49 hr
Dec 24, 1:53 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		37 min
Dec 24, 2:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Middlesex	24 min
Dec 24, 2:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	5 days
Dec 24, 2:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg	6 days
Dec 24, 2:11 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	49 min
Dec 24, 2:30 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	30 min
Dec 24, 2:33 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 20 more	31 hr
Dec 24, 2:45 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	9 hr
Dec 24, 3:09 PM EST	Flood Watch	MRX	Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more	44 hr
Dec 24, 3:37 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		23 min
Dec 24, 3:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King William, City of Richmond	25 min
Dec 24, 4:11 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	34 min
Dec 24, 4:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	36 min
Dec 24, 5:34 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		41 min
Dec 24, 7:38 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie	38 hr
Dec 24, 8:31 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	3 hr
Dec 24, 11:47 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	3 hr
Dec 25, 2:49 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	8 hr
Dec 25, 4:14 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 18 more	9 hr
Dec 25, 5:25 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more	4 hr
Dec 25, 8:49 AM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia	50 hr
Dec 25, 1:19 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 23 more	6 hr
Dec 25, 2:52 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe	6 hr
Dec 25, 3:31 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	6 hr
Dec 25, 4:15 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	AKQ		8 hr
Dec 26, 12:08 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		33 hr
Dec 26, 12:17 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Frederick, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton and 2 more	9 hr
Dec 26, 2:57 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		8 hr
Dec 26, 7:11 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ		6 hr
Dec 26, 9:47 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ		3 hr
Dec 26, 1:09 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Southampton	6 days
Dec 26, 3:31 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ		20 hr
Dec 27, 12:43 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 15 more	8 hr
Dec 27, 3:36 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		58 hr
Dec 27, 4:14 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		3 days
Dec 27, 10:56 AM EST	High Wind Watch	MRX	Russell, Washington, City of Bristol	16 hr
Dec 27, 1:41 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		2 hr
Dec 28, 3:14 AM EST	Wind Advisory	MRX	Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more	23 hr
Dec 28, 3:36 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell	24 hr
Dec 28, 4:00 AM EST	Flood Watch	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Patrick, Smyth and 2 more	26 hr
Dec 28, 10:14 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	14 hr
Dec 28, 10:30 AM EST	High Wind Warning	MRX	Russell, Washington, City of Bristol	16 hr
Dec 29, 12:35 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, Smyth	40 min
Dec 29, 1:22 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax	53 min
Dec 29, 1:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	28 min
Dec 29, 3:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	31 min
Dec 29, 4:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	29 min
Dec 29, 10:24 AM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	11 hr
Dec 29, 10:11 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	3 hr
Dec 29, 10:12 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	8 hr
Dec 29, 11:19 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 39 more	10 hr
Dec 30, 12:08 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more	11 hr
Dec 30, 3:39 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		48 hr
Dec 30, 3:45 AM EST	Flood Watch	RNK	Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	14 hr
Dec 30, 8:13 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ		3 hr
Dec 30, 9:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	71 min
Dec 30, 10:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
Dec 30, 11:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Mecklenburg, Prince George and 9 more	57 min
Dec 30, 11:44 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Mecklenburg, Prince George and 9 more	46 min
Dec 30, 12:37 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 8 more	3 hr
Dec 30, 1:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	58 min
Dec 30, 2:26 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 11 more	3 hr
Dec 30, 2:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	60 min
Dec 30, 3:29 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	47 hr
Dec 30, 3:32 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 8 more	3 hr
Dec 30, 5:38 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 11 more	112 min
Dec 30, 6:37 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 15 more	113 min
Dec 31, 1:18 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene and 14 more	9 hr
Dec 31, 2:52 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		13 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Special Weather Statement	49
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	8
Flash Flood Warning	3
River Flood Warning	13
Flash Flood Watch	5
Flood Watch	4
Areal Flood Advisory	12
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	8
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	21
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	1
Coastal Flood Statement	1
Marine
Gale Warning	4
Special Marine Warning	12
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	6
Small Craft Advisory	24
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	1

By county

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

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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.