Alert archive / Virginia / Northampton County
Weather alerts in Northampton County, Virginia, 2022
132 weather alerts in 2022, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Northampton County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 132
- Warnings
- 14
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 51
- Busiest month
- January21 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 7, 20225 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Northampton County, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 6 | 4 | 33% | 5 | 100% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings | 52 | 6 | 88% | 12 | 75% | 15 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 267 | 196 | 27% | 417 | 92% | 21 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings | 33 | 21 | 36% | 41 | 100% | 37 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 1, 10:12 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 33 min |
| Jan 2, 4:21 PM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 10 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:30 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 26 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:48 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 19 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:48 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 31 hr |
| Jan 3, 1:49 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 13 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:56 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 13 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:32 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:37 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 51 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:52 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 54 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:18 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 22 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:53 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:01 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | 32 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:21 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | 43 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | 25 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:41 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | 44 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:00 AM EST | Blizzard Warning | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:30 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 20 hr |
| Jan 28, 8:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:15 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:45 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 21 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:01 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 31 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 33 min |
| Mar 11, 3:06 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 34 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:23 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Mar 24, 7:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 24, 8:55 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 11 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 7, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 5:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:59 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:05 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 22 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:05 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 26 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 4, 1:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| May 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 37 hr |
| May 6, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 35 min |
| May 6, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 32 min |
| May 6, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 67 min |
| May 7, 4:57 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 5 days |
| May 7, 5:35 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 4 days |
| May 7, 5:35 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 5 days |
| May 7, 10:14 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 69 hr |
| May 10, 7:56 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 42 hr |
| May 11, 6:59 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 1 min |
| May 13, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 50 min |
| May 14, 8:53 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 2 hr |
| May 14, 9:35 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 11 hr |
| May 16, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 16, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:19 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 3 days |
| May 27, 1:01 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 9 hr |
| May 27, 11:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 3:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 5:33 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 2:22 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:21 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 3:10 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 29, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 6:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Aug 3, 2:19 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 3:01 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:08 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 6 days |
| Sep 7, 4:45 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:33 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:47 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 49 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:42 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:56 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 46 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:31 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 52 hr |
| Sep 25, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 38 min |
| Sep 28, 4:26 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 7 days |
| Sep 29, 4:18 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 54 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:21 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 36 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:41 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 55 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:41 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 52 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:41 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 36 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:50 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Sep 30, 6:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Sep 30, 9:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Oct 1, 3:03 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 15 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 52 hr |
| Oct 2, 6:03 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 46 hr |
| Oct 2, 6:03 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 62 hr |
| Oct 3, 4:02 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Oct 17, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Oct 26, 2:56 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:48 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Oct 28, 9:44 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Nov 7, 4:37 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 58 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:36 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Nov 11, 6:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| Nov 15, 9:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 64 min |
| Nov 25, 3:53 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Nov 26, 4:05 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 11, 5:49 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 13 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:36 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Dec 16, 10:11 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:54 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 63 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:25 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | AKQ | 56 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:26 AM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 35 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:35 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 61 min |
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 | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 16 |
| Special Weather Statement | 23 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 3 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 16 |
| High Surf Advisory | 10 |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 5 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 7 |
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.