Extreme Heat Warnings in Virginia
13 extreme heat warnings since 1986. 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 extreme heat warnings reaches back to 2005.
Extreme Heat Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Heat Warnings
- 13
- Busiest year
- 20267 extreme heat warnings
- Average year
- 7over 2 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County5
- Buckingham County5
- Clarke County5
- Fairfax County5
- Fauquier County5
- Frederick County5
- King George County5
- Loudoun County5
- Page County5
- Prince William County5
- Shenandoah County5
- Spotsylvania County5
- Stafford County5
- Warren County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Falls Church5
- City of Fredericksburg5
- City of Manassas5
- City of Manassas Park5
- City of Winchester5
- Appomattox County4
- Charlotte County4
- Culpeper County4
- Greene County4
- Halifax County4
- Madison County4
- Nelson County4
- Orange County4
- Rappahannock County4
- City of Charlottesville4
- Campbell County3
- Charles City County3
- Gloucester County3
- Greensville County3
- James City County3
- New Kent County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Prince George County3
- Southampton County3
50 more counties
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- York County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Danville3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Accomack County2
- Amelia County2
- Amherst County2
- Bedford County2
- Brunswick County2
- Caroline County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mathews County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Middlesex County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
The latest extreme heat warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:34 AM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 4 more | 40 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:32 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 54 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:26 AM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania and 2 more | 42 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:08 AM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 18 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:58 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 47 more | 3 days |
| Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 55 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 30 hr |
Nearby
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.