Weather alerts in Virginia, 2022
4,654 weather alerts in 2022, 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 4,654
- Warnings
- 1,713
- Watches
- 193
- Advisories
- 926
- Busiest month
- July1,020 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 10, 2022160 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
4,654 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 County223
- Rockbridge County202
- Fairfax County186
- Madison County185
- City of Virginia Beach183
- Bedford County181
- Rappahannock County176
- Pittsylvania County173
- Fauquier County172
- Albemarle County172
- Franklin County171
- Halifax County171
- City of Chesapeake168
- Chesterfield County166
- Hanover County165
- James City County165
- Rockingham County164
- Sussex County164
- Arlington County163
- Nelson County163
- Page County162
- Warren County162
- Henrico County162
- Charlotte County161
- Patrick County160
- Loudoun County158
- Campbell County158
- Greene County158
- Southampton County157
- Culpeper County156
- Surry County156
- Dinwiddie County155
- Louisa County154
- York County154
- Orange County153
- City of Alexandria153
- Mecklenburg County151
- Carroll County150
- City of Falls Church150
- City of Newport News150
93 more counties
- Henry County149
- Goochland County148
- City of Richmond147
- Frederick County146
- City of Williamsburg144
- Tazewell County143
- City of Hampton143
- Floyd County141
- Clarke County139
- Appomattox County139
- Greensville County139
- Amelia County138
- City of Poquoson138
- Nottoway County137
- Brunswick County137
- Gloucester County137
- Botetourt County136
- City of Martinsville136
- City of Fairfax136
- Accomack County134
- Shenandoah County134
- Lunenburg County134
- Prince George County133
- City of Franklin133
- City of Petersburg133
- Northampton County132
- Stafford County132
- Caroline County132
- Wythe County132
- City of Danville130
- City of Roanoke130
- Pulaski County129
- Middlesex County129
- City of Winchester128
- Giles County128
- Augusta County127
- Westmoreland County126
- Roanoke County126
- Alleghany County125
- Bland County125
- Montgomery County125
- Spotsylvania County124
- King William County124
- Prince Edward County124
- Buckingham County124
- City of Colonial Heights124
- King George County123
- City of Emporia123
- Powhatan County122
- Buchanan County121
- Grayson County121
- City of Lynchburg121
- Cumberland County120
- King and Queen County120
- Smyth County119
- City of Galax119
- Scott County118
- Essex County118
- Fluvanna County118
- Charles City County118
- Washington County116
- Mathews County115
- Bath County114
- New Kent County114
- City of Hopewell113
- City of Charlottesville112
- Wise County111
- Richmond County111
- City of Buena Vista111
- City of Waynesboro111
- Lee County110
- Lancaster County110
- City of Suffolk110
- Russell County109
- City of Fredericksburg109
- Craig County106
- City of Salem106
- City of Harrisonburg106
- City of Radford105
- City of Lexington104
- City of Staunton102
- Northumberland County102
- Prince William County102
- Dickenson County101
- City of Covington100
- Isle of Wight County96
- City of Bristol95
- City of Norton95
- Highland County95
- City of Norfolk86
- City of Portsmouth86
- City of Manassas75
- City of Manassas Park75
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20212023
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.