Alert archive / Virginia / Freeze Warnings / 2020
Freeze Warnings in Virginia, May 2020
15 freeze warnings in May 2020. 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 May 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 15
- Busiest day
- May 9, 20205 freeze warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 4:30 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Highland | 29 hr |
| May 7, 4:09 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 53 hr |
| May 7, 2:16 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more | 43 hr |
| May 8, 2:53 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 31 hr |
| May 8, 3:56 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 30 hr |
| May 9, 3:00 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 31 hr |
| May 9, 3:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 30 hr |
| May 9, 3:26 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 23 more | 29 hr |
| May 9, 3:26 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 31 hr |
| May 9, 3:36 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 23 more | 28 hr |
| May 10, 3:12 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 56 hr |
| May 11, 2:50 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 28 hr |
| May 11, 3:43 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 9 more | 29 hr |
| May 12, 6:41 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 7 more | 2 hr |
| May 12, 2:41 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Highland | 18 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County6
- Highland County5
- Amherst County4
- Alleghany County4
- Bath County4
- Bland County4
- Carroll County4
- Craig County4
- Floyd County4
- Giles County4
- Grayson County4
- Smyth County4
- Tazewell County4
- Wythe County4
- City of Covington4
- City of Galax4
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Albemarle County3
- Augusta County3
- Greene County3
- Madison County3
- Nelson County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Warren County3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- Botetourt County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pulaski County3
- Roanoke County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Lexington3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Clarke County2
62 more counties
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Loudoun County2
- Shenandoah County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Winchester2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Franklin County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Fredericksburg1
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20192021
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.