Alert archive / Virginia / 2021
Weather alerts in Virginia, August 2021
1,203 weather alerts in August 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 August 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,203
- Warnings
- 491
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 154
- Busiest day
- August 14, 2021123 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
1,203 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.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 232 |
| Tornado Warning | 13 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 19 |
| Special Weather Statement | 506 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 38 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 54 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 19 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| River Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 117 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 150 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 22 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County61
- Chesterfield County52
- Arlington County46
- Fauquier County46
- Franklin County46
- Patrick County43
- Rockingham County43
- Carroll County41
- Madison County40
- Henrico County39
- Bedford County39
- Amherst County39
- City of Alexandria38
- Albemarle County38
- City of Richmond37
- Montgomery County37
- Loudoun County37
- Stafford County37
- Culpeper County37
- Buckingham County36
- City of Falls Church36
- Louisa County35
- Prince William County35
- Greene County35
- Appomattox County34
- Pittsylvania County34
- City of Roanoke34
- Prince George County33
- Halifax County33
- Hanover County33
- Goochland County33
- Rockbridge County33
- City of Salem33
- Rappahannock County33
- Orange County32
- Roanoke County32
- Amelia County31
- Charles City County31
- Floyd County31
- Charlotte County30
93 more counties
- Giles County30
- City of Fairfax30
- City of Chesapeake29
- Henry County29
- Powhatan County29
- Spotsylvania County29
- Nelson County29
- Augusta County29
- Grayson County28
- Prince Edward County28
- Southampton County28
- City of Hopewell28
- Botetourt County28
- City of Colonial Heights27
- City of Petersburg27
- Campbell County27
- City of Martinsville27
- Fluvanna County27
- Shenandoah County27
- Dinwiddie County26
- Sussex County26
- City of Virginia Beach26
- Essex County26
- Wythe County26
- Pulaski County26
- Cumberland County26
- Clarke County26
- Page County26
- Lunenburg County25
- King George County25
- City of Charlottesville25
- Craig County25
- Surry County24
- City of Danville24
- New Kent County24
- Caroline County24
- Warren County24
- James City County23
- City of Newport News23
- City of Fredericksburg23
- City of Radford23
- Nottoway County22
- King and Queen County22
- King William County22
- Alleghany County22
- York County21
- City of Galax21
- City of Buena Vista21
- City of Manassas21
- Bath County21
- City of Harrisonburg21
- Brunswick County20
- Richmond County20
- Westmoreland County20
- City of Lynchburg20
- Gloucester County19
- Middlesex County19
- City of Williamsburg19
- Smyth County19
- City of Manassas Park19
- Frederick County19
- Isle of Wight County18
- Greensville County18
- Mathews County18
- City of Hampton17
- Tazewell County17
- City of Suffolk16
- City of Portsmouth16
- City of Emporia16
- Lancaster County16
- Russell County16
- City of Covington16
- City of Waynesboro16
- Buchanan County15
- City of Lexington15
- Mecklenburg County14
- Northumberland County14
- City of Winchester14
- City of Poquoson13
- City of Norfolk13
- Scott County13
- Washington County13
- City of Staunton13
- City of Franklin12
- Accomack County12
- Northampton County11
- Bland County11
- City of Bristol10
- Wise County9
- Highland County9
- Lee County5
- City of Norton4
- Dickenson County3
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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.