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Heat Advisories in Virginia, 2018
15 heat advisories in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Heat Advisories
- 15
- Busiest month
- July6 heat advisories
- Busiest day
- July 2, 20184 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, 9:42 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:19 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Henrico and 19 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:14 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:10 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:45 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:11 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Buckingham | 11 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:40 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Buckingham | 29 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:00 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Caroline, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:27 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 29 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:52 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:11 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:16 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 32 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:49 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Frederick, King George, Spotsylvania and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:17 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 13 more | 17 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County7
- Clarke County7
- Fairfax County7
- Spotsylvania County7
- Stafford County7
- City of Alexandria7
- City of Fairfax7
- City of Falls Church7
- City of Fredericksburg7
- Frederick County6
- King George County6
- Warren County6
- City of Winchester6
- Henrico County5
- City of Richmond5
- Culpeper County5
- Fauquier County5
- Orange County5
- Essex County5
- Richmond County5
- Charles City County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Greensville County4
- James City County4
- New Kent County4
- Prince George County4
- Southampton County4
- Surry County4
- Sussex County4
- York County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Colonial Heights4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Hampton4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Petersburg4
- City of Poquoson4
38 more counties
- City of Virginia Beach4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Loudoun County4
- Madison County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Hanover County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Lancaster County4
- Middlesex County4
- Northumberland County4
- Westmoreland County4
- Brunswick County3
- Greene County3
- Page County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Accomack County3
- Caroline County3
- Gloucester County3
- Mathews County3
- Nelson County2
- Rockingham County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Cumberland County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Louisa County2
- Northampton County2
- Powhatan County2
- Buckingham County2
- Amelia County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- 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.