Weather alerts in Virginia, 2019
5,161 weather alerts in 2019, 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 5,161
- Warnings
- 1,994
- Watches
- 146
- Advisories
- 925
- Busiest month
- August967 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 19, 2019128 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
5,161 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.
- Fairfax County234
- Amherst County233
- Loudoun County227
- City of Virginia Beach222
- Rockbridge County216
- City of Chesapeake201
- Franklin County196
- Fauquier County195
- Carroll County188
- Bedford County186
- Arlington County185
- Pittsylvania County183
- Accomack County183
- Floyd County182
- Rockingham County181
- Westmoreland County180
- Grayson County179
- Northumberland County178
- City of Alexandria178
- City of Falls Church177
- Botetourt County175
- Montgomery County175
- Madison County175
- Halifax County174
- Warren County171
- City of Newport News171
- Rappahannock County170
- Albemarle County166
- Greene County165
- Northampton County165
- Hanover County164
- Pulaski County163
- Campbell County163
- Surry County163
- York County161
- Patrick County159
- Page County159
- Sussex County159
- Henrico County158
- City of Hampton158
93 more counties
- Roanoke County156
- City of Fairfax156
- Smyth County153
- Wythe County153
- Nelson County153
- City of Suffolk153
- City of Roanoke152
- Lancaster County152
- City of Poquoson151
- Augusta County150
- Charlotte County150
- James City County150
- Culpeper County148
- Southampton County148
- Giles County146
- Prince William County146
- City of Buena Vista145
- Bland County144
- Clarke County144
- Chesterfield County144
- Louisa County144
- City of Galax143
- City of Radford143
- Henry County143
- Craig County142
- City of Salem142
- City of Richmond141
- Gloucester County141
- Prince George County141
- Alleghany County139
- Tazewell County139
- Orange County139
- Brunswick County138
- Appomattox County138
- City of Lexington137
- Spotsylvania County137
- Isle of Wight County137
- Caroline County135
- Frederick County134
- New Kent County134
- King George County134
- City of Portsmouth133
- Mecklenburg County132
- Stafford County132
- Greensville County132
- Bath County130
- Dinwiddie County130
- Lunenburg County130
- Middlesex County130
- King and Queen County129
- Charles City County129
- City of Williamsburg129
- City of Franklin129
- Essex County128
- King William County128
- Richmond County128
- City of Norfolk128
- Shenandoah County127
- Goochland County125
- City of Lynchburg125
- City of Covington123
- City of Winchester123
- Buckingham County122
- Fluvanna County121
- City of Danville120
- City of Petersburg119
- Mathews County118
- City of Hopewell116
- Nottoway County115
- City of Fredericksburg115
- City of Colonial Heights113
- City of Martinsville113
- City of Emporia112
- City of Harrisonburg111
- Amelia County109
- Prince Edward County106
- City of Waynesboro105
- Powhatan County104
- City of Staunton103
- Cumberland County101
- Highland County100
- Washington County100
- Russell County97
- City of Charlottesville95
- City of Manassas Park92
- Scott County90
- City of Manassas89
- City of Norton81
- Wise County80
- City of Bristol80
- Buchanan County78
- Lee County77
- Dickenson County63
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.