Alert archive / Virginia / Arlington County
Weather alerts in Arlington County, Virginia, 2021
182 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Arlington County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 182
- Warnings
- 60
- Watches
- 41
- Advisories
- 36
- Busiest month
- August46 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 15, 20217 alerts
Over time
By month
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 36 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 23 hr |
| Jan 30, 9:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 69 hr |
| Jan 31, 6:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 42 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:13 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 33 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 33 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:33 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:08 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 21 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:10 PM EST | Ice Storm Warning | LWX | 30 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 43 hr |
| Feb 13, 10:02 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:56 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 29 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:24 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 57 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:23 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 23 hr |
| Feb 22, 8:22 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 22 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:09 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 8 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:43 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:28 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | 15 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:53 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:01 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | 18 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:09 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 14 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:41 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 27 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:16 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 23 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 12, 9:38 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 14 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:47 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:03 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:59 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | LWX | 16 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:18 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | LWX | 25 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:18 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 36 min |
| May 4, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 4, 3:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 4, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| May 5, 1:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 26, 1:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 26, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 26, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 40 min |
| May 26, 4:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 26, 6:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 26, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 46 min |
| May 26, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 1:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 3, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 4, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 12:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 2:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 43 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:47 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 22 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 14, 6:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 10:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 21, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 6:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 42 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:45 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 1, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 10:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 14, 3:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 17, 4:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 17, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:32 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:33 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | LWX | 37 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:33 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 29 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 1:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Aug 11, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 11, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 2:15 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 18 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:04 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 25 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Aug 13, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Aug 13, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 1:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 10 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 18 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 27 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 18, 11:37 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Aug 19, 2:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 28 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 9 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 111 min |
| Aug 26, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 2:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 17 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 19 min |
| Aug 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 62 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Sep 1, 12:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Sep 1, 12:56 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 3:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:03 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:46 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Sep 8, 6:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 10 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 57 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:14 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 46 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:13 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 12 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:36 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 14 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:29 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 33 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:18 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 48 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:36 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 7 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:11 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Oct 25, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 5 hr |
| Oct 25, 8:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 7 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:55 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 21 hr |
| Oct 27, 10:50 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | LWX | 29 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:29 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | 72 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:29 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 12 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 28 hr |
| Oct 29, 12:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 9 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:22 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 49 hr |
| Nov 2, 3:22 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:38 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 17 hr |
| Nov 4, 4:06 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 29 hr |
| Nov 4, 4:06 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 29 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:21 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 10 hr |
| Nov 9, 4:48 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 9 hr |
| Nov 26, 1:48 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 3 hr |
| Dec 6, 11:09 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 14 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:48 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 38 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 25 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 13 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 45 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 15 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 10 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 15 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 11 |
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.