Alert archive / Virginia / Northampton County
Weather alerts in Northampton County, Virginia, 2023
111 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 111
- Warnings
- 9
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- June22 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 9, 20235 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, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 96 min |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings | 15 | 4 | 73% | 6 | 83% | 10 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 244 | 165 | 32% | 383 | 89% | 21 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings | 83 | 58 | 30% | 106 | 95% | 58 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 12, 11:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 66 min |
| Feb 12, 10:10 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 21 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:25 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 10 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:11 AM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 25 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:09 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:46 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 35 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:49 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 36 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Apr 6, 4:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 17, 3:29 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:20 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 28, 3:57 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 33 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:00 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 10 hr |
| May 19, 4:23 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 28 hr |
| May 22, 4:14 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 6 days |
| May 29, 3:59 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 52 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:48 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:44 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 49 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:54 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:27 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 25 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:58 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 15 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 12:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 16, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 2:49 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 3 days |
| Jun 20, 2:49 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 47 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 12:02 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 27, 1:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 1:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 9, 3:29 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 4:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 9, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 6:26 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 11 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 3:39 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 16 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 7:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 8:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 112 min |
| Jul 25, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 2:49 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 3 days |
| Jul 29, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 31, 3:32 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:55 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 48 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 3:42 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:40 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 7 days |
| Aug 30, 5:48 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 61 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:13 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 19 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:37 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:50 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 14 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:43 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:43 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 41 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:54 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 62 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:24 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:51 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Sep 12, 8:02 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 5 days |
| Sep 14, 2:24 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 47 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 22 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:14 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 38 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:56 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:19 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | AKQ | 57 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:28 AM EDT | Storm Surge Watch | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:22 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 60 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:20 PM EDT | Storm Surge Warning | AKQ | 51 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:14 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 35 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:09 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:09 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:11 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 71 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:08 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | 6 days |
| Sep 26, 3:51 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 50 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:04 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 34 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:33 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 10 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:39 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 27 hr |
| Oct 2, 2:46 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 13 hr |
| Oct 14, 4:07 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Oct 15, 4:02 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 9 hr |
| Oct 15, 6:53 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 8 hr |
| Oct 16, 4:19 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 15 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:45 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 4 hr |
| Nov 2, 11:31 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | 21 hr |
| Nov 2, 11:31 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | 21 hr |
| Nov 21, 1:28 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 22 hr |
| Nov 24, 4:00 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:10 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 8 hr |
| Dec 2, 8:20 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 61 min |
| Dec 16, 3:08 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | 67 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:10 AM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 60 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:01 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | 40 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:52 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 54 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 9:40 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 6 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 | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 14 |
| Special Weather Statement | 13 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 6 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Tropical | |
| Storm Surge Warning | 1 |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Storm Surge Watch | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 15 |
| High Surf Advisory | 8 |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 14 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 12 |
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.