Alert archive / Virginia / Freeze Warnings
Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2016
36 freeze warnings in 2016. 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 freeze warnings reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 36
- Busiest month
- April22 freeze warnings
- Busiest day
- April 5, 20165 freeze 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2:29 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 19 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Smyth | 19 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 19 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:14 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Smyth | 19 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:26 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:57 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:10 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 19 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, Smyth, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 29 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:48 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 30 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:12 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:26 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Patrick, Rockbridge and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:14 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:28 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:09 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:17 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 16 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:21 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 21 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:36 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Smyth | 18 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:40 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:48 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 32 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:08 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:12 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Smyth, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:59 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:30 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:21 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 3 more | 12 hr |
| May 15, 2:37 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Highland | 18 hr |
| May 15, 3:17 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Bath | 18 hr |
| Oct 24, 11:50 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Highland | 21 hr |
| Oct 25, 1:19 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Highland, Loudoun and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:35 PM EST | Freeze Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 15 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:22 PM EST | Freeze Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 18 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:29 PM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 18 more | 17 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:04 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:19 AM EST | Freeze Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 30 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:43 AM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen and 17 more | 28 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County9
- Lee County8
- Scott County8
- Washington County8
- City of Bristol8
- Amherst County8
- Smyth County7
- Clarke County7
- Frederick County7
- Loudoun County7
- Page County7
- Shenandoah County7
- Warren County7
- City of Winchester7
- Russell County6
- Wise County6
- City of Norton6
- Culpeper County6
- Fairfax County6
- Fauquier County6
- Madison County6
- Rappahannock County6
- Rockingham County6
- City of Fairfax6
- City of Harrisonburg6
- Albemarle County5
- Augusta County5
- Greene County5
- Nelson County5
- Orange County5
- City of Charlottesville5
- City of Staunton5
- City of Waynesboro5
- Buchanan County4
- Dickenson County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Lexington4
- Arlington County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Falls Church4
72 more counties
- Botetourt County3
- Accomack County3
- Amelia County3
- Brunswick County3
- Caroline County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Cumberland County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Essex County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Gloucester County3
- Goochland County3
- Greensville County3
- Hanover County3
- James City County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Lancaster County3
- Louisa County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mathews County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Middlesex County3
- New Kent County3
- Northampton County3
- Northumberland County3
- Nottoway County3
- Powhatan County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Prince George County3
- Richmond County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- Westmoreland County3
- York County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Highland County3
- Bedford County2
- Franklin County2
- Patrick County2
- Henrico County2
- City of Richmond2
- King George County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- Bath 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. Rebuilt daily.