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Heat Advisories in Virginia, 2023
13 heat advisories in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Heat Advisories
- 13
- Busiest month
- July8 heat advisories
- Busiest day
- July 27, 20233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:31 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Southampton and 11 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:01 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 18 more | 35 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:49 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 3 days |
| Jul 27, 3:40 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 38 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:48 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Loudoun and 14 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:45 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 12 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:33 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 20 more | 34 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:21 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:45 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 28 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:51 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia, City of Franklin, City of Hampton and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:55 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton, Southampton and 11 more | 48 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:36 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:11 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Southampton County5
- City of Chesapeake5
- City of Franklin5
- City of Hampton5
- City of Newport News5
- Clarke County5
- Culpeper County5
- Fauquier County5
- Frederick County5
- Loudoun County5
- Madison County5
- Page County5
- Prince William County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Shenandoah County5
- Warren County5
- City of Winchester5
- Greensville County4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- Arlington County4
- Fairfax County4
- Orange County4
- Stafford County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Manassas4
- City of Manassas Park4
- Gloucester County3
- James City County3
- Mathews County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- York County3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Spotsylvania County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Greene County3
60 more counties
- Nelson County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- Brunswick County2
- King George County2
- Northampton County2
- Rockingham County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Franklin County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Accomack County1
- Amelia County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
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.