Alert archive / Virginia / Prince Edward County
Weather alerts in Prince Edward County, Virginia, 2017
87 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Prince Edward County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 87
- Warnings
- 10
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 6
- Busiest month
- May24 alerts
- Busiest day
- February 25, 20176 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Prince Edward County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 7 | 6 | 14% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings | 35 | 8 | 77% | 25 | 68% | 14 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 183 | 103 | 44% | 289 | 79% | 19 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings | 7 | 5 | 29% | 5 | 100% | 46 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 5, 10:20 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | 39 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 54 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:18 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 20, 9:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 53 min |
| Feb 12, 3:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 113 min |
| Feb 25, 12:24 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 47 min |
| Feb 25, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 42 min |
| Feb 25, 2:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| Feb 25, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 9:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Mar 1, 1:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 3:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 22 min |
| Apr 6, 5:59 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 6, 6:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 7:06 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 6, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 48 min |
| Apr 21, 4:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 1, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 1, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 41 min |
| May 1, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| May 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 5, 5:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| May 5, 5:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 48 min |
| May 10, 7:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 10, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 32 min |
| May 10, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 37 min |
| May 10, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 38 min |
| May 10, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 62 min |
| May 19, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | 19 min |
| May 19, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 26 min |
| May 19, 2:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 63 min |
| May 25, 12:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 27, 4:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| May 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 27, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 51 min |
| May 27, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 27, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 36 min |
| May 31, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 1:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 20 min |
| Jun 15, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 12:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 17, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:51 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 24, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 4:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 18, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 50 min |
| Oct 17, 2:33 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Oct 23, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 23, 7:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Oct 26, 3:08 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:33 AM EST | Freeze Watch | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:18 AM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | 31 hr |
| Dec 8, 6:06 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 40 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:09 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | 28 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 | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 22 |
| Special Weather Statement | 39 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
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.