Weather alerts in Virginia, 2017
3,729 weather alerts in 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,729
- Warnings
- 1,177
- Watches
- 94
- Advisories
- 787
- Busiest month
- May708 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 19, 201794 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,729 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.
- City of Virginia Beach181
- Halifax County173
- City of Chesapeake149
- Pittsylvania County145
- Carroll County139
- City of Hampton138
- Loudoun County135
- Accomack County135
- Southampton County135
- Arlington County134
- City of Newport News133
- Amherst County131
- Northumberland County131
- Rockbridge County130
- City of Falls Church130
- City of Alexandria128
- Bedford County127
- Grayson County126
- Mecklenburg County125
- Northampton County125
- Fairfax County125
- Westmoreland County124
- Patrick County123
- York County123
- City of Poquoson123
- Henry County123
- Charlotte County121
- Gloucester County117
- Surry County117
- City of Roanoke116
- Chesterfield County116
- Hanover County116
- Henrico County116
- Middlesex County116
- City of Danville116
- City of Suffolk116
- Lancaster County115
- City of Franklin113
- City of Galax112
- Isle of Wight County112
93 more counties
- Dinwiddie County110
- Fauquier County110
- Wythe County109
- City of Martinsville108
- Campbell County108
- Roanoke County107
- Brunswick County107
- Greensville County107
- Sussex County107
- Floyd County106
- City of Richmond106
- Smyth County106
- Montgomery County105
- Pulaski County105
- City of Salem105
- James City County105
- Mathews County105
- Madison County105
- Caroline County104
- Essex County103
- King and Queen County103
- Nottoway County103
- Franklin County102
- Rappahannock County102
- Warren County101
- City of Portsmouth101
- Bland County100
- New Kent County100
- Botetourt County99
- Scott County99
- Charles City County99
- King William County99
- Richmond County99
- Appomattox County99
- Lunenburg County98
- City of Williamsburg98
- City of Lynchburg97
- Greene County97
- City of Emporia96
- City of Norfolk96
- City of Buena Vista95
- City of Radford95
- Amelia County95
- Prince George County94
- City of Fairfax94
- Lee County93
- Clarke County93
- Washington County92
- Rockingham County91
- City of Bristol90
- Tazewell County90
- Frederick County90
- Giles County89
- City of Colonial Heights89
- City of Petersburg89
- Powhatan County89
- Craig County88
- City of Hopewell88
- Goochland County88
- Prince Edward County87
- Buckingham County86
- Stafford County86
- King George County84
- Albemarle County83
- City of Lexington82
- Page County82
- Prince William County81
- Culpeper County80
- Nelson County80
- Alleghany County79
- Wise County78
- Russell County77
- Spotsylvania County77
- City of Covington76
- Louisa County76
- Orange County76
- Cumberland County75
- City of Winchester74
- City of Norton73
- Bath County69
- Augusta County69
- Shenandoah County67
- City of Fredericksburg67
- Highland County64
- Fluvanna County61
- City of Harrisonburg60
- City of Waynesboro58
- City of Staunton57
- City of Manassas55
- City of Charlottesville54
- Dickenson County53
- City of Manassas Park53
- Buchanan County52
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.