Weather alerts in Virginia, 2020
4,991 weather alerts in 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 4,991
- Warnings
- 1,925
- Watches
- 196
- Advisories
- 1,131
- Busiest month
- August1,168 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 6, 2020166 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
4,991 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.
- Rockbridge County228
- Franklin County214
- Fairfax County205
- Amherst County205
- Halifax County203
- City of Virginia Beach201
- Pittsylvania County201
- Patrick County185
- Botetourt County185
- Chesterfield County185
- Henrico County185
- Surry County184
- Carroll County183
- Bedford County180
- Grayson County175
- Southampton County175
- Westmoreland County174
- Campbell County174
- City of Chesapeake172
- Loudoun County172
- Floyd County170
- Henry County170
- James City County169
- Montgomery County169
- York County168
- City of Richmond167
- Roanoke County166
- Wythe County166
- Pulaski County164
- City of Newport News163
- Hanover County161
- Madison County161
- Fauquier County159
- Accomack County159
- Charlotte County158
- Northumberland County157
- Charles City County157
- City of Williamsburg156
- Arlington County155
- City of Roanoke154
93 more counties
- City of Martinsville154
- City of Alexandria153
- Albemarle County152
- Rockingham County152
- Craig County151
- Greene County151
- Prince George County151
- Sussex County150
- Giles County150
- Smyth County150
- Culpeper County150
- City of Hampton149
- Middlesex County148
- Tazewell County148
- Gloucester County147
- Rappahannock County147
- City of Salem146
- New Kent County145
- Isle of Wight County144
- King and Queen County143
- City of Falls Church142
- Page County142
- Northampton County142
- Stafford County142
- City of Galax141
- Augusta County141
- Bland County140
- City of Fairfax139
- Warren County139
- Essex County139
- City of Poquoson138
- Bath County138
- Orange County138
- Lancaster County138
- King William County137
- City of Danville136
- Appomattox County136
- Caroline County135
- City of Radford132
- City of Suffolk131
- City of Buena Vista130
- Frederick County130
- Alleghany County129
- City of Lexington129
- City of Lynchburg128
- Nelson County128
- Richmond County126
- City of Petersburg126
- City of Franklin125
- Spotsylvania County122
- City of Hopewell122
- Amelia County120
- City of Colonial Heights120
- Clarke County119
- Mecklenburg County119
- Powhatan County118
- Louisa County117
- Shenandoah County116
- Mathews County116
- Buckingham County115
- City of Staunton115
- Prince William County115
- Goochland County115
- Fluvanna County114
- King George County114
- City of Waynesboro113
- Dinwiddie County111
- City of Covington110
- Greensville County109
- Brunswick County109
- City of Harrisonburg109
- Prince Edward County107
- City of Winchester106
- Washington County105
- Cumberland County102
- City of Charlottesville101
- City of Fredericksburg101
- Nottoway County100
- City of Emporia99
- Russell County99
- City of Norfolk98
- Scott County97
- City of Portsmouth96
- Lunenburg County96
- Highland County93
- City of Bristol93
- Buchanan County92
- Lee County87
- Dickenson County83
- Wise County80
- City of Norton74
- City of Manassas70
- City of Manassas Park66
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.