Alert archive / Virginia / Bedford County
Weather alerts in Bedford County, Virginia, 2025
190 weather alerts in 2025, 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
- 190
- Warnings
- 58
- Watches
- 27
- Advisories
- 45
- Busiest month
- July45 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 9, 20258 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Bedford County, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 39 | 31 | 21% | 31 | 90% | 22 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 3 | 40% | 4 | 25% | 22 min |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 231 | 173 | 25% | 694 | 72% | 24 min |
| NWS Blacksburg, VA: flash flood warnings | 77 | 41 | 47% | 173 | 77% | 94 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 3, 1:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 29 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | 24 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 3 days |
| Jan 4, 2:31 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 52 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:46 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 53 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:49 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 38 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:16 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 14 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:47 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | 33 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:31 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | 45 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 27 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RNK | 12 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 3 days |
| Feb 11, 12:26 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:58 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:12 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 26 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:23 AM EST | High Wind Watch | RNK | 11 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:39 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:57 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 38 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:21 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 11 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:00 AM EST | High Wind Warning | RNK | 26 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:42 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | 33 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:41 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:13 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 58 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:38 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | 19 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:51 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 71 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 3:06 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 35 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Mar 16, 6:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Mar 16, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 54 min |
| Mar 20, 2:18 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:26 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | 30 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:15 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | 17 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 4:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | 24 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:37 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 7 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:19 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | 19 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | 37 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 3:09 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | 30 hr |
| May 2, 4:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 25 min |
| May 3, 11:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 3, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 33 min |
| May 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 42 min |
| May 3, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 23 min |
| May 3, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 58 min |
| May 5, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 35 min |
| May 5, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 44 min |
| May 8, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 40 min |
| May 8, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 67 min |
| May 8, 9:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 2 hr |
| May 11, 2:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 71 hr |
| May 13, 2:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| May 13, 5:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| May 13, 2:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 6 hr |
| May 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 116 min |
| May 13, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 31 min |
| May 13, 8:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 102 min |
| May 14, 10:56 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 8 hr |
| May 15, 12:44 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 8 hr |
| May 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 15, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 16, 2:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 16, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 55 min |
| May 16, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 16, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 64 min |
| May 17, 4:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 49 min |
| May 30, 1:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 30, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 30, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 77 min |
| May 30, 4:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 31, 1:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 8, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 7:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 8, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 27 min |
| Jun 8, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 10:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 11:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 15, 2:36 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 20 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 2:52 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 21 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:47 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 21 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 19, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 2:02 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Watch | RNK | 56 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:14 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | RNK | 32 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:06 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | 27 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:00 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | 29 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 26, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 10:34 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 12 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 27, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 1:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 29, 1:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 9:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:59 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 54 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 1:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 9, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 4:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:28 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 9 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 2:04 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 26 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 107 min |
| Jul 15, 12:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:07 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 20 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 2:53 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 21 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 18, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 63 min |
| Jul 19, 1:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:02 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | 30 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 34 min |
| Jul 27, 6:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 55 min |
| Jul 31, 12:44 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 4:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 11:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:34 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 8 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 38 min |
| Sep 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 60 min |
| Sep 24, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 29 min |
| Sep 24, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 1:26 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | 10 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 32 min |
| Oct 23, 2:00 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RNK | 31 hr |
| Oct 24, 12:51 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | 20 hr |
| Nov 15, 11:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 24 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:37 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | RNK | 12 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:32 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | 15 hr |
| Nov 26, 1:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 31 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:00 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 33 hr |
| Dec 1, 12:13 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 35 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:26 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 33 hr |
| Dec 7, 1:39 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 58 hr |
| Dec 7, 9:18 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | 20 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | 22 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 44 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 35 min |
| Dec 19, 4:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 27 min |
| Dec 28, 12:20 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | 43 hr |
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.
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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.