Alert archive / Virginia / Rappahannock County
Weather alerts in Rappahannock County, Virginia, 2008
130 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Rappahannock County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 130
- Warnings
- 37
- Watches
- 33
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest month
- June43 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 4, 200811 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 2 tornado warnings covering Rappahannock County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 4 minutes after it went out.
Rappahannock County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | 4 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 25 | 16 | 36% | 6 | 100% | 31 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: tornado warnings | 36 | 8 | 78% | 21 | 43% | 18 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings | 391 | 220 | 44% | 579 | 76% | 21 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: flash flood warnings | 23 | 11 | 52% | 53 | 75% | 117 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 16, 2:35 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 36 hr |
| Jan 16, 9:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 7:51 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:53 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 22 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:18 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:03 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 21 hr |
| Feb 1, 7:36 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:49 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 10 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Feb 9, 4:10 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:30 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 32 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:00 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | 18 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 40 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:43 PM EST | Ice Storm Warning | LWX | 18 hr |
| Feb 19, 9:51 PM EST | Snow Advisory | LWX | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 17 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:38 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 22 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 42 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:40 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 2:13 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | 15 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:10 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:44 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:42 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 35 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:46 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 19 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:04 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 18 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:41 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 10 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:12 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 27 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 18 hr |
| May 8, 3:19 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 17 hr |
| May 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 8, 9:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 46 hr |
| May 12, 12:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 12 hr |
| May 15, 4:06 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 26 hr |
| May 31, 8:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 31, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:18 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 4, 1:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:51 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 4, 12:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 2:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 4:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 4, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 4:17 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | LWX | 48 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:19 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 29 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:02 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:08 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 71 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 14, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 12:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 19, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 12:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 22, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 22, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 8:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 11:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 29, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 77 min |
| Jun 30, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 3:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 8, 12:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 13, 1:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 22, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 11:03 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 1:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 10, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 14, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 47 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:40 AM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | LWX | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 23 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:22 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 11:47 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | LWX | 17 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:13 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:25 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| Oct 19, 3:39 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 1:52 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | 20 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:24 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Nov 13, 7:06 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 15 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 27 hr |
| Dec 10, 9:56 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| Dec 20, 12:00 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 5 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 18 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 27 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:40 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 18 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:08 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:58 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 31 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:18 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | 7 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 | 25 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 33 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 6 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Snow Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
| Tropical | |
| Inland Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
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.