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Excessive Heat Warnings in Virginia, 2024
11 excessive heat warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Excessive Heat Warnings
- 11
- Busiest month
- July9 excessive heat warnings
- Busiest day
- July 5, 20242 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 5, 3:52 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 16 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:01 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 37 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:08 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 32 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:08 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:59 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:59 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Frederick, King George, Page and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:17 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 29 hr |
| Jul 15, 12:55 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Frederick, King George, Page and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:06 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | AKQ | James City, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:29 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 33 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:34 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LWX | Arlington, King George, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- King George County5
- City of Chesapeake5
- City of Virginia Beach5
- Arlington County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Falls Church5
- Stafford County4
- James City County4
- York County4
- City of Hampton4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Poquoson4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Fairfax County4
- Prince William County4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Manassas4
- City of Manassas Park4
- Brunswick County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Essex County3
- Gloucester County3
- Greensville County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Lancaster County3
- Mathews County3
- Middlesex County3
- New Kent County3
- Northumberland County3
- Prince George County3
- Richmond County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- Westmoreland County3
23 more counties
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Richmond3
- Caroline County2
- Accomack County2
- Northampton County2
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- Page County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Winchester2
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Amelia County1
- Goochland County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
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.