Alert archive / Virginia / Freeze Warnings / 2026
Freeze Warnings in Virginia, May 2026
5 freeze warnings in May 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 5
- Busiest day
- May 2, 20264 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 2, 12:00 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 21 hr |
| May 2, 12:03 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Floyd, Giles, Grayson and 10 more | 21 hr |
| May 2, 12:07 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 10 more | 21 hr |
| May 2, 12:42 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 20 hr |
| May 11, 12:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Highland | 19 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County2
- Highland County2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Floyd County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- Albemarle County1
- Amherst County1
- Augusta County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
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.