Weather alerts in Virginia, 2021
4,713 weather alerts in 2021, 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 4,713
- Warnings
- 1,852
- Watches
- 186
- Advisories
- 988
- Busiest month
- August1,203 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 14, 2021123 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
4,713 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 County222
- Amherst County189
- Rockbridge County185
- Loudoun County183
- Arlington County182
- City of Virginia Beach175
- Chesterfield County172
- City of Alexandria171
- City of Falls Church169
- City of Chesapeake167
- Bedford County165
- Fauquier County164
- Franklin County163
- Patrick County162
- Carroll County161
- Henrico County157
- Madison County155
- Rockingham County155
- City of Newport News152
- Floyd County150
- Botetourt County149
- Surry County149
- Southampton County148
- James City County148
- City of Fairfax148
- Charles City County146
- Westmoreland County144
- Prince George County144
- Albemarle County143
- Rappahannock County141
- Pittsylvania County141
- Culpeper County141
- Halifax County140
- Roanoke County136
- Greene County136
- York County136
- City of Colonial Heights136
- City of Hopewell136
- City of Hampton135
- Nelson County135
93 more counties
- Dinwiddie County135
- City of Petersburg135
- City of Richmond135
- King George County134
- Hanover County133
- Warren County132
- New Kent County132
- Campbell County132
- City of Roanoke131
- Sussex County131
- Page County130
- City of Williamsburg130
- Stafford County130
- City of Salem129
- Orange County129
- Essex County129
- Northumberland County129
- Montgomery County128
- Appomattox County127
- Middlesex County127
- Gloucester County126
- Richmond County126
- Lancaster County125
- Henry County124
- Louisa County124
- Augusta County124
- Grayson County123
- Charlotte County122
- Buckingham County121
- King and Queen County121
- Clarke County120
- Lunenburg County120
- Shenandoah County119
- Amelia County118
- King William County118
- Mecklenburg County117
- City of Martinsville116
- Pulaski County116
- City of Poquoson116
- Isle of Wight County116
- Prince William County116
- Frederick County115
- City of Buena Vista115
- Craig County114
- Brunswick County113
- City of Danville112
- Goochland County112
- Caroline County112
- Northampton County111
- Nottoway County111
- Powhatan County111
- Spotsylvania County111
- Fluvanna County110
- Prince Edward County109
- City of Galax108
- Alleghany County108
- Bath County108
- Accomack County108
- Wythe County107
- City of Suffolk107
- City of Franklin106
- City of Lexington106
- Giles County105
- Greensville County105
- City of Lynchburg103
- City of Fredericksburg103
- City of Portsmouth103
- City of Radford100
- City of Charlottesville99
- City of Harrisonburg97
- Cumberland County96
- Scott County94
- City of Winchester93
- City of Emporia93
- City of Norfolk93
- Tazewell County92
- Mathews County92
- City of Waynesboro91
- Highland County90
- City of Staunton89
- Bland County89
- Smyth County84
- City of Covington84
- City of Manassas83
- City of Manassas Park83
- Russell County82
- Washington County81
- Wise County76
- Lee County75
- Buchanan County72
- City of Norton71
- City of Bristol70
- Dickenson County57
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.