Weather alerts in Virginia, 2025
4,651 weather alerts in 2025, 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 4,651
- Warnings
- 1,920
- Watches
- 237
- Advisories
- 981
- Busiest month
- July1,165 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 9, 2025134 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
4,651 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 County237
- Rockbridge County219
- Fairfax County215
- Sussex County207
- Loudoun County198
- Fauquier County197
- Prince William County197
- Chesterfield County196
- Henrico County196
- Southampton County195
- Rockingham County194
- Page County193
- Surry County192
- Halifax County192
- Essex County191
- King and Queen County191
- Bedford County190
- Pittsylvania County190
- Madison County188
- Hanover County188
- Dinwiddie County188
- Greensville County187
- King William County187
- Franklin County186
- City of Virginia Beach186
- Botetourt County185
- Warren County185
- Campbell County185
- Prince George County184
- Westmoreland County183
- Rappahannock County180
- Richmond County179
- Greene County178
- Brunswick County178
- Henry County176
- City of Chesapeake176
- City of Richmond175
- Roanoke County173
- Shenandoah County173
- Buckingham County170
93 more counties
- New Kent County170
- Charles City County169
- City of Alexandria168
- Arlington County168
- Appomattox County167
- Albemarle County166
- Goochland County166
- Amelia County165
- City of Petersburg164
- City of Emporia163
- Patrick County163
- Frederick County163
- City of Roanoke162
- Montgomery County160
- City of Falls Church160
- James City County159
- Powhatan County159
- Nottoway County159
- City of Colonial Heights157
- Culpeper County157
- City of Manassas157
- Nelson County155
- Charlotte County155
- Caroline County153
- Carroll County152
- City of Salem152
- Cumberland County152
- City of Manassas Park150
- Mecklenburg County150
- Louisa County149
- City of Danville149
- Middlesex County148
- Lunenburg County148
- Alleghany County147
- City of Fairfax147
- York County147
- Prince Edward County147
- Grayson County146
- Tazewell County145
- Northumberland County145
- Bath County144
- Giles County144
- Pulaski County144
- City of Hopewell144
- City of Newport News143
- Craig County142
- Clarke County142
- City of Franklin141
- Wythe County141
- City of Martinsville140
- Accomack County140
- King George County140
- City of Lynchburg138
- Fluvanna County138
- Stafford County138
- Floyd County137
- Lancaster County137
- Smyth County136
- Gloucester County136
- City of Hampton136
- City of Buena Vista133
- City of Radford132
- City of Williamsburg132
- Bland County131
- Augusta County131
- Orange County131
- City of Galax130
- City of Winchester130
- City of Lexington129
- City of Poquoson129
- Spotsylvania County128
- Northampton County126
- City of Harrisonburg126
- Russell County125
- Wise County125
- Buchanan County124
- City of Covington123
- Scott County123
- Washington County123
- Highland County121
- Mathews County118
- City of Waynesboro116
- City of Suffolk115
- City of Staunton114
- City of Fredericksburg111
- Lee County110
- Isle of Wight County108
- City of Charlottesville108
- City of Norton102
- Dickenson County101
- City of Bristol91
- City of Portsmouth90
- City of Norfolk88
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.