Weather alerts in Virginia, 2018
5,607 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 5,607
- Warnings
- 1,918
- Watches
- 208
- Advisories
- 1,153
- Busiest month
- August961 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 22, 2018125 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
5,607 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.
- Amherst County266
- Halifax County240
- Rockbridge County234
- Pittsylvania County231
- Henrico County229
- Chesterfield County222
- City of Virginia Beach212
- Loudoun County211
- Franklin County204
- City of Richmond203
- Madison County200
- City of Alexandria200
- Arlington County198
- Hanover County197
- Rockingham County197
- Fauquier County195
- Fairfax County192
- City of Falls Church191
- Bedford County191
- Campbell County191
- Patrick County189
- Warren County188
- King William County187
- Culpeper County187
- Greene County186
- Buckingham County184
- Carroll County181
- Albemarle County181
- Westmoreland County180
- Charlotte County179
- Henry County178
- Fluvanna County178
- Northumberland County177
- Gloucester County176
- Amelia County176
- Rappahannock County176
- King and Queen County175
- Goochland County175
- Lancaster County174
- Caroline County174
93 more counties
- City of Roanoke173
- Middlesex County173
- Dinwiddie County173
- City of Danville173
- Botetourt County172
- Floyd County172
- Grayson County172
- Louisa County170
- Mecklenburg County169
- City of Chesapeake167
- Appomattox County167
- Nelson County165
- Page County164
- City of Salem161
- Lunenburg County161
- Powhatan County160
- City of Lynchburg159
- Roanoke County158
- Charles City County158
- Essex County158
- New Kent County158
- Augusta County158
- Clarke County158
- Frederick County158
- Orange County155
- Nottoway County154
- Pulaski County153
- Prince George County153
- Shenandoah County153
- Montgomery County152
- Accomack County151
- York County151
- City of Galax149
- City of Newport News149
- Prince Edward County149
- Giles County148
- Sussex County148
- Mathews County147
- James City County146
- Surry County146
- Brunswick County146
- Cumberland County146
- Southampton County145
- Richmond County145
- City of Colonial Heights144
- City of Hopewell144
- City of Martinsville143
- Northampton County142
- City of Petersburg140
- City of Buena Vista137
- Stafford County137
- City of Hampton136
- Alleghany County135
- Greensville County134
- City of Fairfax133
- Tazewell County130
- Wythe County130
- Bath County129
- City of Williamsburg129
- Craig County128
- City of Franklin128
- Spotsylvania County128
- City of Winchester128
- Smyth County127
- City of Lexington127
- City of Waynesboro126
- City of Poquoson125
- King George County125
- City of Harrisonburg125
- City of Emporia124
- Bland County122
- City of Radford122
- City of Covington119
- City of Fredericksburg117
- Washington County114
- City of Staunton114
- City of Charlottesville113
- Russell County107
- Isle of Wight County106
- Wise County103
- Scott County102
- Prince William County102
- Highland County101
- City of Suffolk99
- City of Norfolk97
- Buchanan County94
- Lee County91
- City of Bristol90
- City of Portsmouth90
- City of Norton88
- Dickenson County88
- City of Manassas66
- City of Manassas Park63
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.