Weather alerts in Virginia, 2026
3,700 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,700
- Warnings
- 1,663
- Watches
- 159
- Advisories
- 668
- Busiest month
- July1,016 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 18, 2026119 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,700 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.
- Fauquier County190
- Loudoun County182
- Hanover County179
- Henrico County175
- Chesterfield County173
- Fairfax County173
- Page County164
- Culpeper County163
- Prince William County161
- Rockingham County160
- Pittsylvania County160
- Rappahannock County159
- Caroline County157
- Amherst County156
- Madison County154
- King William County153
- Essex County153
- King and Queen County149
- Shenandoah County147
- Arlington County147
- Warren County146
- Franklin County146
- Louisa County146
- Patrick County145
- Halifax County145
- City of Falls Church143
- Charles City County143
- Prince George County143
- City of Richmond142
- City of Virginia Beach142
- Rockbridge County141
- Bedford County141
- Richmond County141
- Stafford County141
- Frederick County140
- City of Manassas Park140
- Surry County140
- Spotsylvania County140
- Greene County139
- Westmoreland County139
93 more counties
- City of Alexandria139
- Accomack County139
- Powhatan County139
- City of Manassas138
- Goochland County138
- Lunenburg County137
- Orange County137
- Clarke County135
- City of Fairfax135
- New Kent County134
- Campbell County133
- Mecklenburg County133
- Dinwiddie County132
- Sussex County132
- Albemarle County131
- City of Hopewell131
- Amelia County129
- Washington County129
- City of Chesapeake129
- Lancaster County128
- Middlesex County128
- Northumberland County128
- Nottoway County127
- Botetourt County126
- Cumberland County126
- City of Colonial Heights125
- City of Newport News125
- Buckingham County124
- Charlotte County124
- Henry County124
- Southampton County124
- York County124
- Gloucester County123
- James City County123
- Appomattox County122
- Brunswick County122
- City of Petersburg121
- Floyd County120
- Buchanan County120
- Carroll County119
- City of Martinsville119
- Nelson County118
- King George County118
- Alleghany County117
- Russell County117
- City of Williamsburg116
- City of Fredericksburg116
- City of Winchester115
- Tazewell County115
- Fluvanna County114
- City of Hampton114
- City of Danville113
- Craig County112
- City of Lynchburg112
- Pulaski County111
- Roanoke County111
- Prince Edward County110
- City of Suffolk110
- Bland County109
- City of Poquoson109
- Smyth County108
- City of Roanoke108
- City of Franklin108
- Isle of Wight County108
- Scott County106
- Greensville County106
- Augusta County105
- Montgomery County104
- Northampton County102
- City of Emporia102
- Giles County101
- Mathews County101
- City of Charlottesville101
- City of Covington100
- Highland County99
- City of Harrisonburg99
- Grayson County97
- City of Salem97
- Dickenson County97
- City of Bristol96
- Wythe County95
- City of Buena Vista95
- City of Radford95
- Wise County94
- City of Norfolk94
- Lee County92
- City of Portsmouth92
- Bath County91
- City of Waynesboro91
- City of Lexington89
- City of Staunton89
- City of Galax86
- City of Norton83
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.