Alert archive / Virginia / Bedford County
Weather alerts in Bedford County, Virginia, 2024
128 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Bedford County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 128
- Warnings
- 44
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 31
- Busiest month
- July24 alerts
- Busiest day
- September 26, 20248 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 Bedford County in 2024 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Bedford County, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 24 | 21 | 13% | 15 | 87% | 44 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 7 | 4 | 43% | 3 | 67% | 99 min |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: tornado warnings | 72 | 5 | 93% | 23 | 26% | 17 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 192 | 148 | 23% | 738 | 66% | 24 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: flash flood warnings | 89 | 53 | 40% | 210 | 73% | 169 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | 14 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:32 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 34 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:57 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 46 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:18 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | 30 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 10 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 14 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 36 min |
| Jan 9, 2:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 26 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 64 min |
| Jan 11, 1:08 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | 31 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:24 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 52 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:54 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | 33 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:35 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | 40 hr |
| Feb 10, 11:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 27 min |
| Feb 12, 3:29 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 33 hr |
| Feb 13, 12:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 40 min |
| Feb 13, 1:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 45 min |
| Feb 27, 2:02 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 35 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:32 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 56 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:05 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:02 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | 29 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:27 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 8 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:51 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 23 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 12:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 43 min |
| Apr 11, 3:11 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 51 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 11, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 67 min |
| Apr 11, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 56 min |
| Apr 11, 9:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Apr 15, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 15, 6:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 6, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 3 hr |
| May 17, 4:23 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 28 hr |
| May 26, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 33 min |
| May 26, 5:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 26, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 73 min |
| May 26, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 66 min |
| May 26, 7:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 4, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 7:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 12:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 68 min |
| Jul 4, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 2:39 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | 29 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 2:40 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | 29 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 2:17 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | 30 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 4:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 3:41 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 12:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 54 min |
| Jul 30, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 1:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 3, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 8:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:04 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 62 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 8 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 64 min |
| Aug 31, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 31 min |
| Sep 21, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 50 min |
| Sep 24, 3:34 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 16 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:12 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 66 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 10:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 11:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 11:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | 9 min |
| Sep 26, 2:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 8:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 5 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:09 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 30 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | 25 min |
| Sep 27, 5:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Sep 29, 10:58 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 17 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 23 hr |
| Sep 30, 6:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 10:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 84 min |
| Oct 5, 2:47 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 6 hr |
| Oct 16, 10:56 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | 22 hr |
| Oct 17, 1:28 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | 20 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:03 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | 30 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:12 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 38 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:57 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 81 min |
| Dec 10, 4:18 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 6 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:38 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 21 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:49 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 38 hr |
| Dec 16, 8:21 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 12 hr |
| Dec 29, 11:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 83 min |
| Dec 31, 2:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 24 min |
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 | 24 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 14 |
| Special Weather Statement | 20 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flood Watch | 9 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 8 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.