Weather alerts in Virginia, 2024
3,907 weather alerts in 2024, 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,907
- Warnings
- 1,611
- Watches
- 199
- Advisories
- 917
- Busiest month
- August704 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 30, 202495 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,907 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 Beach190
- Sussex County189
- Surry County184
- Halifax County175
- City of Chesapeake175
- Loudoun County173
- Chesterfield County173
- Amherst County171
- City of Alexandria170
- Dinwiddie County170
- Southampton County170
- Arlington County169
- Henrico County169
- Pittsylvania County166
- James City County166
- Northumberland County165
- City of Newport News164
- Westmoreland County162
- Fairfax County161
- City of Falls Church160
- Prince William County159
- Brunswick County159
- Mecklenburg County157
- Essex County157
- Prince George County157
- Fauquier County156
- Rockbridge County155
- Warren County155
- Lunenburg County155
- Richmond County154
- City of Williamsburg152
- Charlotte County150
- Lancaster County150
- Greensville County150
- Middlesex County148
- York County147
- Rockingham County146
- Rappahannock County145
- City of Hampton143
- Hanover County143
93 more counties
- Madison County141
- Amelia County138
- Page County137
- City of Richmond137
- Grayson County136
- Charles City County135
- Greene County134
- Gloucester County133
- King William County133
- New Kent County133
- City of Petersburg132
- City of Poquoson132
- Nottoway County131
- Frederick County130
- Stafford County130
- King George County130
- King and Queen County129
- Clarke County128
- Bedford County128
- Campbell County128
- Culpeper County128
- City of Hopewell127
- Carroll County126
- Caroline County126
- City of Colonial Heights126
- Nelson County125
- City of Emporia125
- City of Fairfax124
- Albemarle County123
- Franklin County123
- Goochland County123
- City of Franklin122
- Cumberland County121
- Mathews County121
- Spotsylvania County119
- Powhatan County116
- Accomack County116
- Northampton County116
- City of Danville115
- City of Manassas115
- Shenandoah County114
- Isle of Wight County114
- Appomattox County113
- Orange County113
- Botetourt County112
- Patrick County112
- City of Manassas Park112
- Henry County111
- Augusta County109
- Louisa County109
- Lee County109
- City of Suffolk109
- Prince Edward County108
- City of Winchester107
- Fluvanna County107
- City of Fredericksburg107
- City of Galax105
- Tazewell County105
- Buckingham County104
- Alleghany County103
- City of Roanoke102
- Roanoke County101
- City of Harrisonburg99
- Craig County99
- City of Lynchburg99
- Smyth County98
- Floyd County97
- Wythe County97
- Highland County96
- Pulaski County96
- Montgomery County95
- City of Martinsville95
- Scott County95
- City of Norfolk94
- City of Salem93
- City of Waynesboro91
- Giles County91
- City of Buena Vista91
- Bath County90
- Wise County89
- City of Portsmouth89
- City of Lexington88
- City of Staunton87
- Bland County86
- City of Covington85
- Washington County85
- City of Charlottesville83
- City of Norton78
- Russell County75
- City of Radford72
- City of Bristol71
- Buchanan County68
- Dickenson County65
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.