Alert archive / Virginia / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Virginia, 2010
16 red flag warnings in 2010. 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 in 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 16
- Busiest month
- April11 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- April 3, 20104 red flag warnings
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:33 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Craig, Giles, Smyth and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:46 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:24 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | 8 hr | |
| Apr 3, 9:50 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | 9 hr | |
| Apr 7, 9:44 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge | 10 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:57 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:04 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:04 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:32 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:10 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:31 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 12 more | 11 hr |
| May 8, 12:50 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:42 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 21, 9:31 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Augusta, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton | 10 hr |
| Oct 21, 9:32 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 10 hr |
| Oct 21, 10:15 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Bath | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Augusta County6
- Rockingham County6
- City of Harrisonburg6
- City of Staunton6
- Page County5
- Shenandoah County5
- Bath County4
- Clarke County4
- Frederick County4
- Warren County4
- City of Winchester4
- Alleghany County3
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Botetourt County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Rappahannock County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Falls Church3
- Bland County2
- Craig County2
- Giles County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Amherst County2
- Bedford County2
- Carroll County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Patrick County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Stafford County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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. Rebuilt daily.