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Heat Advisories in Virginia, 2017
15 heat advisories in 2017. 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 heat advisories reaches back to 2005.
Heat Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Heat Advisories
- 15
- Busiest month
- July12 heat advisories
- Busiest day
- July 12, 20173 heat advisories
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:52 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 10 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:20 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Greensville, James City, Prince George and 15 more | 41 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:05 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:40 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Chesterfield, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover and 12 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:00 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Hanover, Henrico and 24 more | 23 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:12 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:21 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 18 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:46 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 40 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:30 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:33 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:51 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 41 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:09 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:05 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 32 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:42 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:20 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 4 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County7
- City of Alexandria7
- City of Falls Church7
- James City County6
- Surry County6
- York County6
- City of Chesapeake6
- City of Hampton6
- City of Newport News6
- City of Poquoson6
- City of Virginia Beach6
- City of Williamsburg6
- Fairfax County6
- Spotsylvania County6
- Stafford County6
- City of Fairfax6
- City of Fredericksburg6
- Gloucester County6
- Charles City County5
- Greensville County5
- Prince George County5
- Southampton County5
- Sussex County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Emporia5
- City of Franklin5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Petersburg5
- King George County5
- Accomack County5
- Hanover County5
- Henrico County5
- King and Queen County5
- King William County5
- Mathews County5
- Middlesex County5
- New Kent County5
- Northampton County5
- City of Richmond5
- Brunswick County4
41 more counties
- Dinwiddie County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Lancaster County4
- Caroline County3
- Essex County3
- Northumberland County3
- Richmond County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Amelia County3
- Nottoway County3
- Culpeper County2
- Fauquier County2
- Greene County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Orange County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- Cumberland County2
- Goochland County2
- Powhatan County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Winchester1
- Fluvanna County1
- Louisa County1
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Prince Edward 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.