Alert archive / Virginia / Prince William County
Weather alerts in Prince William County, Virginia, 2015
74 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Prince William County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 74
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- June41 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 20, 20158 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 3 tornado warnings covering Prince William County in 2015 had a tornado report inside them.
Prince William County, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 27 | 23 | 15% | 12 | 92% | 15 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 4 | 50% | 13 min |
Each office's whole area, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: tornado warnings | 17 | 2 | 88% | 4 | 50% | 5 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings | 235 | 153 | 35% | 526 | 75% | 16 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: flash flood warnings | 89 | 47 | 47% | 138 | 74% | 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 7:58 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:55 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 6:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 20, 5:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 20, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 12:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 6, 3:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 6, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 22 min |
| May 16, 1:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 27, 12:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 27, 2:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 4:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 7:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 14, 2:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 16, 12:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 5:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 1:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 20, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 6:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 20, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 8:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | 1 min |
| Jun 20, 8:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 11 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 7:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 23, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 12:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 6:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 117 min |
| Jun 30, 1:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 1:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 4, 4:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 3:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 1:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 3:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Sep 4, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 26 min |
| Sep 29, 6:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 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 | 27 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 33 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 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.