Alert archive / Virginia / 2015
Weather alerts in Virginia, March 2015
137 weather alerts in March 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 March 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 137
- Warnings
- 39
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 64
- Busiest day
- March 4, 201524 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:26 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Loudoun, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:22 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 38 hr | |
| Mar 1, 8:43 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield and 34 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:30 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 31 hr | |
| Mar 2, 3:13 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:52 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 6 hr | |
| Mar 2, 4:51 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:22 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 67 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:36 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 27 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:37 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 3 days |
| Mar 3, 2:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:23 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:24 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 10 hr | |
| Mar 3, 2:42 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | Amherst, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 52 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:47 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 68 hr | |
| Mar 3, 3:49 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:28 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 6 hr | |
| Mar 4, 1:36 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 11 hr | |
| Mar 4, 3:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:48 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 3 days | |
| Mar 4, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Botetourt, Buckingham, Rockbridge and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 26 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:46 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 16 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:51 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:43 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 54 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 39 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Scott | 57 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:57 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Russell | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:05 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr | |
| Mar 4, 1:06 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:36 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 29 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Fluvanna, Richmond, Westmoreland | 31 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 26 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:24 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott | 45 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:24 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 34 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 22 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:44 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:02 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Orange, City of Charlottesville | 101 min |
| Mar 4, 9:08 PM EST | River Flood Warning | MRX | Scott | 64 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:05 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 6 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:54 AM EST | Gale Warning | AKQ | 27 hr | |
| Mar 5, 7:58 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 9 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:55 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Bath and 57 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:14 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Wise, City of Norton | 24 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:13 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick and 15 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:14 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Salem | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:08 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 24 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:58 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Covington, City of Lexington | 12 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Buckingham, Fluvanna | 19 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:01 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 36 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:36 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 10 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:46 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 6 hr | |
| Mar 7, 6:46 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 23 hr | |
| Mar 9, 2:22 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 48 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Craig, Giles, Tazewell and 1 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:23 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 12 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bath | 21 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:29 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 12 hr | |
| Mar 11, 4:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 24 hr | |
| Mar 11, 10:07 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:53 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 4 hr | |
| Mar 12, 4:25 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 14 hr | |
| Mar 13, 4:17 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 37 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:45 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 26 hr | |
| Mar 14, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg, City of Emporia | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 26 more | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 31 more | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 3:05 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 4 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:05 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 37 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:20 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 14 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Henrico and 27 more | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 4:05 AM EDT | Gale Warning | LWX | 14 hr | |
| Mar 15, 4:05 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 22 hr | |
| Mar 15, 8:22 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:26 AM EDT | Gale Warning | LWX | 33 hr | |
| Mar 16, 3:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 48 hr | |
| Mar 17, 4:03 AM EDT | Gale Warning | AKQ | 24 hr | |
| Mar 17, 1:19 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 29 hr | |
| Mar 18, 1:20 AM EDT | Gale Warning | LWX | 3 hr | |
| Mar 18, 1:20 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 17 hr | |
| Mar 18, 5:55 AM EDT | Gale Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Mar 18, 10:15 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr | |
| Mar 19, 4:23 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Loudoun and 7 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:36 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 37 hr | |
| Mar 20, 4:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 39 hr | |
| Mar 21, 4:28 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 36 hr | |
| Mar 21, 1:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 47 hr | |
| Mar 22, 3:37 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 48 hr | |
| Mar 22, 8:41 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 7 hr | |
| Mar 25, 1:28 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 17 hr | |
| Mar 25, 3:03 AM EDT | Freezing Rain Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:35 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 4 days | |
| Mar 25, 4:15 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 4 days | |
| Mar 26, 7:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, Richmond and 1 more | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 8:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Westmoreland | 15 min |
| Mar 26, 11:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 3:23 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | Lee, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 13 hr |
| Mar 26, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Covington, City of Lexington | 59 min |
| Mar 26, 6:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Roanoke, City of Buena Vista, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, City of Radford, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Galax, City of Radford and 2 more | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 4:13 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | Lee, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 24 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 31 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 52 hr | |
| Mar 27, 7:23 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 35 hr | |
| Mar 27, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 4:04 AM EDT | Hard Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 31 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Nottoway, City of Emporia | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 10:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 22 min |
| Mar 29, 1:39 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 42 hr | |
| Mar 30, 3:25 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 13 hr | |
| Mar 30, 8:43 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 6 hr | |
| Mar 30, 3:03 PM EDT | Gale Warning | LWX | 31 hr | |
| Mar 30, 3:03 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 45 hr | |
| Mar 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 2 hr | |
| Mar 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 44 hr | |
| Mar 30, 4:41 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Highland and 14 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:45 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 13 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:00 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Highland and 10 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:47 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:08 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 8 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:34 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 14 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Special Weather Statement | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 14 |
| River Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 7 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 39 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County17
- Scott County15
- Fauquier County14
- Amherst County14
- Loudoun County13
- Greene County13
- Madison County13
- Page County13
- Rappahannock County13
- Rockingham County13
- Shenandoah County13
- Warren County13
- Arlington County12
- Fairfax County12
- City of Alexandria12
- City of Fairfax12
- City of Falls Church12
- Culpeper County12
- Washington County12
- City of Bristol12
- Bath County11
- Albemarle County11
- Augusta County11
- Clarke County11
- Frederick County11
- Highland County11
- City of Harrisonburg11
- City of Winchester11
- King George County10
- Stafford County10
- Orange County10
- Alleghany County10
- Roanoke County10
- City of Salem10
- Nelson County10
- City of Staunton10
- City of Fredericksburg9
- Montgomery County9
- City of Covington9
- City of Lexington9
93 more counties
- City of Roanoke9
- Lee County9
- Brunswick County8
- Spotsylvania County8
- Buchanan County8
- Botetourt County8
- City of Buena Vista8
- City of Waynesboro8
- Caroline County7
- Greensville County7
- Richmond County7
- Westmoreland County7
- City of Emporia7
- Dickenson County7
- Craig County7
- Giles County7
- City of Radford7
- City of Charlottesville7
- Russell County7
- Charles City County6
- James City County6
- Northumberland County6
- Nottoway County6
- Prince George County6
- Surry County6
- City of Hopewell6
- City of Williamsburg6
- Grayson County6
- Pulaski County6
- Tazewell County6
- Wise County6
- City of Norton6
- Lunenburg County5
- Mecklenburg County5
- Amelia County5
- Cumberland County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Essex County5
- Gloucester County5
- Goochland County5
- Henrico County5
- King William County5
- Lancaster County5
- Middlesex County5
- New Kent County5
- Powhatan County5
- Sussex County5
- City of Petersburg5
- City of Chesapeake5
- City of Virginia Beach5
- Bland County5
- Carroll County5
- Smyth County5
- Wythe County5
- City of Galax5
- Chesterfield County4
- Hanover County4
- King and Queen County4
- Prince Edward County4
- City of Richmond4
- Fluvanna County4
- Mathews County4
- Northampton County4
- Southampton County4
- City of Franklin4
- Bedford County4
- Buckingham County4
- Floyd County4
- City of Lynchburg4
- City of Portsmouth4
- Charlotte County3
- Halifax County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- Accomack County3
- Prince William County3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Isle of Wight County3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Danville2
- Appomattox County2
- Campbell County2
- Franklin County2
- Henry County2
- Patrick County2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Suffolk2
- York County2
- Pittsylvania County1
- Louisa County1
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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.