Alert archive / Virginia / Chesterfield County

Weather alerts in Chesterfield County, Virginia, 2025

196 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Chesterfield County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 196
Warnings: 85
Watches: 28
Advisories: 31
Busiest month: July66 alerts
Busiest day: July 9, 20259 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 2 tornado warnings covering Chesterfield County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them.

Chesterfield County, 2025

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	2	0	100%	0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	37	35	5%	24	88%	24 min
Flash flood warnings	28	26	7%	29	97%	86 min

Each office's whole area, 2025

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings	21	3	86%	6	50%	4 min
NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings	329	221	33%	621	92%	23 min
NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings	173	131	24%	324	92%	84 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, 2:50 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	25 hr
Jan 4, 4:01 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	57 hr
Jan 6, 2:44 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Jan 6, 3:20 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	17 hr
Jan 9, 3:27 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	23 hr
Jan 9, 2:31 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	40 hr
Jan 21, 4:04 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	30 hr
Jan 22, 2:31 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	19 hr
Feb 9, 2:51 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	24 hr
Feb 10, 2:40 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	3 days
Feb 12, 11:58 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Feb 15, 2:42 AM EST	Wind Advisory	AKQ	45 hr
Feb 15, 2:39 PM EST	High Wind Warning	AKQ	23 hr
Feb 15, 3:55 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	21 days
Feb 15, 7:32 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	6 hr
Feb 15, 7:44 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Feb 15, 9:40 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	6 days
Feb 16, 10:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	41 min
Feb 16, 11:23 AM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	4 days
Feb 17, 2:39 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	24 hr
Feb 18, 3:22 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	49 hr
Feb 18, 2:22 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	49 hr
Mar 1, 3:57 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	AKQ	16 hr
Mar 5, 8:50 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Mar 5, 10:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 5, 11:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	40 min
Mar 5, 12:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	46 min
Mar 5, 12:59 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	3 hr
Mar 5, 1:02 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Mar 5, 1:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	47 min
Mar 5, 3:01 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	3 hr
Mar 16, 9:49 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Mar 16, 6:17 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Mar 16, 7:38 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Mar 16, 11:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Mar 20, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	37 min
Mar 20, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	28 min
Mar 20, 6:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	116 min
Mar 31, 2:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 31, 6:31 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Apr 7, 2:35 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	AKQ	12 hr
Apr 8, 2:33 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	AKQ	30 hr
Apr 14, 5:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Apr 14, 8:40 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Apr 14, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	46 min
Apr 14, 10:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	49 min
Apr 14, 10:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	49 min
Apr 16, 3:15 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	AKQ	29 hr
Apr 26, 2:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
May 5, 12:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
May 5, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 5, 3:10 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 5, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	39 min
May 5, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	50 min
May 5, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	35 min
May 5, 4:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	2 hr
May 5, 5:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	118 min
May 6, 7:11 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	118 min
May 8, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	46 min
May 9, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	47 min
May 12, 3:08 PM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	34 hr
May 14, 4:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	65 hr
May 14, 12:33 PM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	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, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 16, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	41 min
May 21, 5:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	117 min
May 28, 6:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	3 hr
May 30, 3:49 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
May 30, 5:01 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 30, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	46 min
May 30, 6:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	24 min
May 30, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	48 min
May 30, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	49 min
Jun 6, 5:31 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 6, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	29 min
Jun 7, 2:31 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 8, 1:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 8, 2:26 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 8, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	42 min
Jun 8, 4:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	23 min
Jun 8, 4:31 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 8, 7:17 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jun 8, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	22 min
Jun 13, 2:57 AM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	4 days
Jun 14, 1:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jun 15, 1:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 15, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	44 min
Jun 15, 4:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	2 hr
Jun 15, 5:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	5 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, 3:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jun 19, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	51 min
Jun 19, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	44 min
Jun 19, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	38 min
Jun 19, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	39 min
Jun 22, 2:01 PM EDT	Extreme Heat Warning	AKQ	3 days
Jun 25, 1:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jun 25, 2:44 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	AKQ	28 hr
Jun 26, 2:05 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	AKQ	26 hr
Jun 26, 4:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	2 hr
Jun 26, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	46 min
Jun 29, 1:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 1, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jul 1, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	52 min
Jul 1, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	46 min
Jul 1, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	24 min
Jul 1, 8:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 1, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	61 min
Jul 1, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	38 min
Jul 1, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	53 min
Jul 1, 10:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 6, 3:08 PM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	26 hr
Jul 7, 1:43 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	AKQ	30 hr
Jul 8, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 8, 1:50 PM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	58 hr
Jul 8, 6:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jul 8, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	56 min
Jul 8, 11:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 8, 11:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	5 hr
Jul 9, 3:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	67 min
Jul 9, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 9, 3:49 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Jul 9, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	41 min
Jul 9, 7:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 9, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	38 min
Jul 9, 8:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 12, 12:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 12, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	38 min
Jul 12, 1:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 12, 1:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 12, 2:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 13, 11:20 AM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	57 hr
Jul 13, 12:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 13, 1:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 13, 2:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 13, 2:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 14, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	52 min
Jul 14, 10:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 14, 10:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 15, 1:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	5 hr
Jul 15, 3:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	2 hr
Jul 15, 8:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	23 hr
Jul 15, 3:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 15, 5:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	107 min
Jul 15, 6:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	118 min
Jul 16, 2:04 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	AKQ	30 hr
Jul 17, 1:54 PM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	36 hr
Jul 18, 1:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jul 18, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	39 min
Jul 18, 7:09 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jul 18, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	49 min
Jul 18, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	51 min
Jul 18, 7:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	3 hr
Jul 18, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	41 min
Jul 19, 3:43 AM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	20 hr
Jul 19, 1:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 19, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 19, 4:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jul 19, 4:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	2 hr
Jul 19, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	38 min
Jul 19, 6:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jul 19, 6:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	113 min
Jul 19, 7:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	116 min
Jul 25, 2:36 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	AKQ	4 days
Jul 27, 1:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jul 27, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	67 min
Jul 27, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	45 min
Jul 27, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	45 min
Sep 4, 5:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Sep 4, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	48 min
Sep 6, 1:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 20, 4:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	2 hr
Sep 24, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	50 min
Sep 27, 3:53 AM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	17 hr
Sep 27, 2:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	2 hr
Oct 19, 7:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Oct 19, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	41 min
Oct 23, 2:09 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	AKQ	31 hr
Oct 24, 1:59 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	AKQ	19 hr
Nov 1, 3:00 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	AKQ	18 hr
Nov 6, 12:35 PM EST	Frost Advisory	AKQ	19 hr
Nov 9, 1:05 AM EST	Freeze Watch	AKQ	13 hr
Nov 9, 2:25 PM EST	Freeze Warning	AKQ	43 hr
Nov 15, 1:07 PM EST	Fire Weather Watch	AKQ	12 hr
Nov 16, 1:17 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	AKQ	17 hr
Dec 4, 1:46 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	54 hr
Dec 6, 7:45 PM EST	Freezing Fog Advisory	AKQ	15 hr
Dec 7, 2:10 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	43 hr
Dec 7, 9:17 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	27 hr
Dec 13, 1:11 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	36 hr
Dec 13, 1:08 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	44 hr
Dec 19, 6:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	39 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	37
Tornado Warning	2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	9
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	39
Special Weather Statement	13
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Warning	28
River Flood Warning	4
Flood Watch	9
Areal Flood Advisory	11
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	5
Winter Storm Watch	4
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Heat
Extreme Heat Warning	1
Heat Advisory	5
Cold
Freeze Warning	3
Freeze Watch	2
Cold Weather Advisory	4
Frost Advisory	4
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	1
Fire
Red Flag Warning	2
Fire Weather Watch	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1
Freezing Fog Advisory	1

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.