Red Flag Warnings in Virginia
133 red flag warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 133
- Busiest year
- 201016 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 7over 20 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rappahannock County34
- Warren County34
- Clarke County34
- Madison County33
- Page County33
- Rockingham County33
- Shenandoah County33
- Frederick County33
- City of Winchester33
- Augusta County32
- Bedford County32
- Greene County32
- Arlington County32
- Fairfax County32
- City of Alexandria32
- City of Falls Church32
- Amherst County31
- City of Staunton31
- City of Harrisonburg30
- Albemarle County29
- Culpeper County29
- Franklin County29
- Nelson County29
- Fauquier County29
- Patrick County28
- Henry County27
- Rockbridge County27
- City of Martinsville27
- Orange County26
- Pittsylvania County26
- City of Danville26
- Botetourt County25
- Campbell County25
- Charlotte County25
- Halifax County25
- Roanoke County25
- City of Lynchburg25
- City of Roanoke25
- City of Salem25
- Stafford County25
79 more counties
- Buckingham County24
- Spotsylvania County24
- City of Fredericksburg24
- Appomattox County23
- Bath County23
- Amelia County22
- Cumberland County22
- Powhatan County22
- King George County22
- Charles City County21
- Fluvanna County21
- Goochland County21
- Prince Edward County21
- Prince George County21
- City of Hopewell21
- City of Petersburg21
- Alleghany County20
- Brunswick County20
- Caroline County20
- Dinwiddie County20
- Lunenburg County20
- Mecklenburg County20
- New Kent County20
- Nottoway County20
- Richmond County20
- Surry County20
- Greensville County19
- James City County19
- Southampton County19
- Sussex County19
- Westmoreland County19
- City of Emporia19
- City of Williamsburg19
- Craig County18
- Gloucester County17
- Lancaster County17
- Mathews County17
- Middlesex County17
- Highland County17
- Northumberland County16
- City of Chesapeake16
- Loudoun County16
- Floyd County15
- Carroll County14
- Giles County14
- Montgomery County13
- Pulaski County13
- City of Radford13
- City of Virginia Beach13
- Bland County13
- Smyth County13
- Tazewell County13
- Buchanan County13
- Dickenson County13
- Grayson County12
- Wythe County12
- Accomack County11
- Northampton County10
- Chesterfield County9
- Henrico County9
- City of Colonial Heights9
- City of Richmond9
- Essex County8
- Hanover County8
- King and Queen County8
- King William County8
- Louisa County8
- Prince William County7
- York County6
- City of Newport News6
- City of Hampton5
- City of Poquoson5
- City of Manassas5
- Lee County4
- Russell County4
- Scott County4
- Washington County4
- Wise County4
- City of Bristol4
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 9:43 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Highland and 10 more | 9 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.