Weather alerts in Virginia, 2023
3,629 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,629
- Warnings
- 1,446
- Watches
- 165
- Advisories
- 825
- Busiest month
- July1,051 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 16, 2023118 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,629 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.
- City of Virginia Beach187
- Fairfax County153
- City of Chesapeake147
- Loudoun County140
- Amherst County139
- Westmoreland County135
- Arlington County134
- Prince William County132
- Franklin County131
- City of Newport News130
- City of Alexandria127
- Pittsylvania County126
- Fauquier County126
- City of Falls Church126
- Campbell County124
- Patrick County124
- Henrico County124
- City of Hampton124
- Chesterfield County123
- Northumberland County123
- Southampton County122
- Accomack County122
- Carroll County121
- Surry County119
- Rockbridge County117
- Bedford County115
- Grayson County114
- Sussex County114
- Henry County113
- Rappahannock County112
- Madison County111
- Northampton County111
- Floyd County110
- Warren County110
- Essex County110
- James City County110
- York County110
- Appomattox County110
- City of Richmond109
- Charlotte County108
93 more counties
- King George County107
- Hanover County107
- Halifax County106
- Rockingham County106
- Dinwiddie County106
- Brunswick County106
- City of Poquoson106
- City of Fairfax104
- Page County104
- Nottoway County104
- Buckingham County104
- Mecklenburg County103
- Caroline County103
- Lancaster County103
- Greensville County102
- King and Queen County102
- City of Martinsville101
- Washington County101
- Tazewell County101
- Prince Edward County101
- King William County101
- Stafford County100
- Middlesex County100
- Greene County99
- Nelson County99
- Albemarle County99
- Scott County98
- Prince George County98
- Gloucester County98
- Culpeper County97
- Wythe County97
- Frederick County97
- Louisa County97
- Amelia County96
- Lunenburg County96
- City of Williamsburg96
- Botetourt County95
- Roanoke County95
- Pulaski County95
- City of Bristol95
- New Kent County95
- Lee County94
- City of Franklin94
- Richmond County94
- City of Manassas94
- City of Galax93
- Russell County93
- Clarke County93
- City of Manassas Park93
- Montgomery County92
- Charles City County92
- Bland County91
- Smyth County91
- Cumberland County91
- City of Suffolk91
- City of Roanoke90
- Isle of Wight County90
- Spotsylvania County89
- City of Lynchburg88
- Giles County88
- City of Emporia88
- Goochland County88
- Fluvanna County88
- Shenandoah County86
- City of Petersburg86
- City of Norfolk86
- Orange County85
- City of Portsmouth85
- City of Colonial Heights84
- Buchanan County83
- Powhatan County83
- Mathews County83
- Wise County80
- City of Hopewell80
- Craig County78
- City of Fredericksburg78
- City of Winchester78
- City of Salem77
- Augusta County77
- City of Danville76
- City of Norton76
- City of Harrisonburg76
- City of Radford75
- Alleghany County74
- City of Buena Vista73
- Highland County72
- City of Waynesboro70
- Bath County68
- Dickenson County67
- City of Staunton66
- City of Lexington64
- City of Charlottesville59
- City of Covington57
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.