Alert archive / Virginia / Albemarle County

Weather alerts in Albemarle County, Virginia, 2026

131 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Albemarle County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
131
Warnings
61
Watches
22
Advisories
14
Busiest month
July31 alerts
Busiest day
June 12, 202610 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

0 of 3 tornado warnings covering Albemarle County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them.

Albemarle County, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings30100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings473623%8475%18 min
Flash flood warnings20100%0

Each office's whole area, 2026

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Baltimore/Washington: tornado warnings47687%1464%13 min
NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings52636630%1,47787%20 min
NWS Baltimore/Washington: flash flood warnings462741%7887%57 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 10, 12:35 PM ESTWind AdvisoryLWX32 hr
Jan 18, 1:22 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryLWX48 hr
Jan 22, 2:16 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWX32 hr
Jan 22, 12:49 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryLWX47 hr
Jan 23, 10:03 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningLWX67 hr
Jan 25, 9:39 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jan 25, 11:53 AM ESTExtreme Cold WatchLWX11 hr
Jan 25, 11:13 PM ESTExtreme Cold WarningLWX3 days
Jan 27, 12:01 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryLWX35 hr
Jan 27, 11:39 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryLWX59 hr
Jan 28, 11:08 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryLWX36 hr
Jan 30, 12:35 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryLWX33 hr
Jan 30, 11:23 AM ESTExtreme Cold WatchLWX14 hr
Jan 31, 1:12 AM ESTExtreme Cold WarningLWX35 hr
Feb 1, 12:05 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryLWX22 hr
Feb 5, 1:07 PM ESTExtreme Cold WarningLWX69 hr
Feb 5, 1:07 PM ESTHigh Wind WatchLWX13 hr
Feb 6, 1:55 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningLWX44 hr
Feb 20, 12:04 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWX27 hr
Feb 21, 2:46 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningLWX57 hr
Feb 23, 2:23 AM ESTWind AdvisoryLWX15 hr
Mar 2, 2:26 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryLWX35 hr
Mar 12, 2:40 AM EDTWind AdvisoryLWX44 hr
Mar 12, 3:02 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLWX12 hr
Mar 15, 12:43 PM EDTWind AdvisoryLWX43 hr
Mar 16, 8:40 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 16, 9:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX47 min
Mar 16, 10:03 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 16, 5:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Apr 1, 3:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Apr 16, 9:43 AM EDTRed Flag WarningLWX9 hr
Apr 18, 11:59 PM EDTFreeze WatchLWX24 hr
Apr 19, 11:35 PM EDTFreeze WarningLWX33 hr
May 2, 12:07 PM EDTFreeze WarningLWX21 hr
May 10, 3:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
May 27, 12:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
May 27, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
May 27, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX41 min
May 27, 3:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 27, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX33 min
May 27, 6:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 7, 2:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 12, 2:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC24 min
Jun 12, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 12, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX23 min
Jun 12, 4:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jun 12, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX44 min
Jun 12, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX38 min
Jun 12, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX37 min
Jun 12, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX47 min
Jun 12, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX29 min
Jun 12, 7:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jun 14, 3:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jun 14, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 18, 6:43 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 18, 7:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 22, 4:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jun 26, 3:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryLWX54 hr
Jul 4, 12:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 4, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jul 4, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX35 min
Jul 4, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX36 min
Jul 4, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLWX57 min
Jul 4, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX25 min
Jul 4, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX60 min
Jul 4, 6:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jul 5, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX43 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 6, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX34 min
Jul 7, 4:44 AM EDTFlood WatchLWX16 hr
Jul 18, 1:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jul 18, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 18, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX36 min
Jul 18, 4:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jul 21, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX43 min
Jul 21, 1:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 21, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX26 min
Jul 21, 2:20 PM EDTFlood WatchLWX7 hr
Jul 21, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC11 hr
Jul 21, 7:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 22, 12:01 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 26, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX28 min
Jul 26, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX35 min
Jul 26, 9:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jul 26, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX24 min
Jul 26, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX31 min
Jul 28, 2:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 2, 2:43 AM EDTFlood WatchLWX21 hr
Aug 2, 9:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWX93 min
Aug 6, 1:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 7, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX60 min
Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX45 min
Aug 9, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX36 min
Aug 10, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 10, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX69 min
Aug 14, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX35 min
Aug 14, 5:02 PM EDTTornado WarningLWX28 min
Aug 14, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLWX26 min
Aug 14, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX22 min
Aug 14, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLWX29 min
Aug 14, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX30 min
Aug 14, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX30 min
Aug 14, 6:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Aug 14, 6:21 PM EDTTornado WarningLWX24 min
Aug 16, 3:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 16, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 16, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX38 min
Aug 16, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX37 min
Aug 16, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX41 min
Aug 17, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX43 min
Aug 22, 2:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 22, 6:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 22, 6:35 PM EDTFlood WatchLWX5 hr
Aug 22, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX53 min
Aug 27, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX37 min
Aug 27, 9:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWX3 hr
Sep 2, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX30 min
Sep 2, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX28 min
Sep 3, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX33 min
Sep 3, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX31 min
Sep 4, 1:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 4, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX29 min
Sep 4, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX24 min
Sep 4, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX46 min
Sep 4, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX38 min
Sep 4, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWX46 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.