Alert archive / Virginia / Mathews County
Weather alerts in Mathews County, Virginia, 2024
121 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Mathews County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 121
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- July24 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 3, 20246 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Mathews County, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 4 | 4 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 13 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings | 43 | 3 | 93% | 3 | 100% | 11 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 202 | 148 | 27% | 315 | 87% | 23 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings | 144 | 110 | 24% | 212 | 98% | 74 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:49 PM EST | High Wind Watch | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:53 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | 35 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:10 PM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:20 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 20 hr |
| Jan 9, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 40 min |
| Jan 9, 8:56 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 3:10 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 37 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 11:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 8:59 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 67 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:11 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 22 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:29 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 34 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:46 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 35 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:48 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 27 hr |
| Mar 10, 6:51 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 6:51 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 11 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:23 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:24 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 31 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:56 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 61 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:20 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 3, 12:38 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 3, 2:35 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 10 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 3, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 63 min |
| Apr 8, 2:08 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Apr 15, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 15, 6:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 19, 8:18 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 20 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:42 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 25 hr |
| May 3, 2:21 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 38 hr |
| May 6, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| May 8, 5:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 10, 3:20 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 56 hr |
| May 10, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 49 min |
| May 11, 3:05 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| May 17, 12:58 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 13 hr |
| May 20, 2:41 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 12 hr |
| May 27, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 27, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| May 27, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 6, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 6, 7:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 21, 2:39 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:05 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 27 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 30, 8:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 4, 3:28 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 4:01 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | AKQ | 16 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:01 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:08 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:32 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:27 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:43 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 5 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:17 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:06 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:36 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:44 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 11 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 2:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:06 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | AKQ | 23 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:06 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:29 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | AKQ | 30 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 2, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 2:49 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 18, 2:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 19, 3:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 2:53 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 41 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 6 days |
| Sep 16, 3:19 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 34 hr |
| Sep 18, 4:26 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 6 days |
| Sep 20, 2:37 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 25 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:56 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 4 days |
| Sep 26, 3:19 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 9 days |
| Sep 26, 2:53 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 10 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Sep 27, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 2 hr |
| Sep 30, 1:54 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 19 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:08 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:08 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Oct 18, 9:16 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 23 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:28 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Nov 12, 1:49 PM EST | Frost Advisory | AKQ | 13 min |
| Nov 12, 2:02 PM EST | Frost Advisory | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:22 PM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 19 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:22 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 71 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:06 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 5 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:06 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 54 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:38 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 27 hr |
| Nov 20, 10:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 82 min |
| Dec 10, 6:39 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 4 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:17 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Dec 18, 4:02 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 5 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 26 |
| Special Weather Statement | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 3 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 12 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 4 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 13 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 11 |
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.