Alert archive / Virginia / Excessive Heat Warnings
Excessive Heat Warnings in Virginia, 2023
3 excessive heat warnings in 2023. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of excessive heat warnings reaches back to 2005.
Excessive Heat Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Excessive Heat Warnings
- 3
- Busiest month
- July3 excessive heat warnings
- Busiest day
- July 27, 20232 excessive heat warnings
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:48 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:03 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 28 more | 54 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:33 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 6 more | 34 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County2
- Fairfax County2
- King George County2
- Prince William County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
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.