Alert archive / Virginia / Dinwiddie County
Weather alerts in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, 2018
173 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Dinwiddie County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 173
- Warnings
- 36
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 28
- Busiest month
- May30 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 18, 201812 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 5 tornado warnings covering Dinwiddie County in 2018 had a tornado report inside them.
Dinwiddie County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 5 | 1 | 80% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 9 | 18% | 11 | 73% | 24 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings | 47 | 15 | 68% | 28 | 86% | 17 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 122 | 85 | 30% | 212 | 77% | 22 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings | 37 | 25 | 32% | 65 | 88% | 97 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 2, 9:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | 44 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 32 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:30 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | AKQ | 20 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 40 min |
| Jan 12, 9:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 36 min |
| Jan 12, 9:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 31 min |
| Jan 12, 10:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 40 min |
| Jan 16, 3:26 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 49 hr |
| Jan 16, 9:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 53 min |
| Feb 11, 3:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 11:28 AM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 40 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:54 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 15 min |
| Apr 4, 1:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 8:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 15, 11:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 15, 11:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 5:06 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | 22 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| May 10, 12:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 10, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 10, 4:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 10, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 64 min |
| May 10, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 36 min |
| May 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 32 min |
| May 14, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 14, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 43 min |
| May 14, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 45 min |
| May 16, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| May 16, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 40 min |
| May 16, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| May 17, 2:32 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 51 hr |
| May 18, 3:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 4 hr |
| May 18, 5:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| May 18, 7:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| May 18, 8:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 2 hr |
| May 18, 9:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| May 18, 9:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | 60 hr |
| May 18, 10:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 days |
| May 18, 12:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 6 hr |
| May 18, 2:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| May 18, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 6 hr |
| May 18, 7:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| May 18, 11:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 18 hr |
| May 21, 6:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | 5 hr |
| May 23, 3:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 26, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 51 min |
| May 30, 4:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | 39 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 3:19 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 2:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 20, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 7:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | 9 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 22, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | 8 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 6:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 1:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 23, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 2:45 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 1:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| Jul 23, 2:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | 52 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 1:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 1:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 10:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 11:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 110 min |
| Jul 31, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 2:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 8:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 3:27 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 60 min |
| Aug 20, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Aug 28, 3:16 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 35 min |
| Sep 1, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 33 min |
| Sep 11, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Sep 17, 7:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 10:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 10:28 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | 8 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 40 min |
| Sep 17, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | 25 hr |
| Sep 26, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Oct 8, 6:09 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | 47 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:26 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | 39 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 34 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:31 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Oct 11, 9:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
| Oct 11, 11:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | 68 hr |
| Oct 11, 11:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | 7 days |
| Oct 11, 12:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Oct 11, 3:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 11, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 36 min |
| Oct 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 28 min |
| Oct 11, 7:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 11:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 11:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 9 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:20 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:39 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Nov 2, 6:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Nov 2, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 49 min |
| Nov 12, 11:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:32 AM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | 35 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | 20 hr |
| Dec 8, 11:29 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | 41 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:18 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:34 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:02 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | 47 hr |
| Dec 14, 10:52 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:33 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 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 | 11 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 28 |
| Special Weather Statement | 65 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| River Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 6 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 12 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
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.