Alert archive / Virginia / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Virginia, 2012
13 red flag warnings in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- April13 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- April 9, 20124 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 7, 4:14 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 15 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:05 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 14 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 27 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:38 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 29 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 8:19 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:28 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 17 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:34 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | 12 hr | |
| Apr 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 29 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:39 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 27 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:33 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:59 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig and 8 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:51 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Staunton | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County4
- Fairfax County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Falls Church4
- Augusta County4
- City of Staunton4
- King George County3
- Stafford County3
- Clarke County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fauquier County3
- Frederick County3
- Greene County3
- Highland County3
- Madison County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Winchester3
- Alleghany County3
- Amherst County3
- Bath County3
- Bedford County3
- Botetourt County3
- Craig County3
- Franklin County3
- Henry County3
- Patrick County3
- Roanoke County3
- Rockbridge County3
- City of Martinsville3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Albemarle County3
- Nelson County3
- Appomattox County2
- Bland County2
57 more counties
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Carroll County2
- Charlotte County2
- Floyd County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Halifax County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Pulaski County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Radford2
- Accomack County2
- Amelia County2
- Brunswick County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Greensville County2
- James City County2
- Lancaster County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mathews County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Orange County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson 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.