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Heat Advisories in Virginia, 2021
8 heat advisories in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Heat Advisories
- 8
- Busiest month
- August8 heat advisories
- Busiest day
- August 12, 20214 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1:33 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:55 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 33 more | 63 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:08 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Louisa, Lunenburg, Mathews and 5 more | 51 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:15 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 19 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:54 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Buckingham | 9 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:04 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 20 more | 25 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:42 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, City of Lynchburg | 23 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:55 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, King and Queen and 23 more | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County3
- Clarke County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- King George County3
- Loudoun County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Charles City County2
- Essex County2
- Gloucester County2
- Greensville County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Louisa County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Mathews County2
- Northampton County2
40 more counties
- City of Hampton2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Culpeper County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Winchester2
- Buckingham County2
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Richmond1
- Accomack County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Nelson County1
- Appomattox County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- City of Lynchburg1
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.