Alert archive / Virginia / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Virginia, 2016
10 red flag warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 10
- Busiest month
- April4 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- November 20, 20163 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:27 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 19 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:58 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 22 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:10 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 15 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:22 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 19 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:25 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:17 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:09 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 13 more | 17 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:02 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 22 more | 14 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:46 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County3
- Clarke County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Frederick County3
- Loudoun County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Winchester3
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- Charlotte County3
- Halifax County3
- Henry County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- City of Danville3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Martinsville3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Culpeper County2
- Greene County2
- King George County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Warren County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- Amherst County2
46 more counties
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Franklin County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Amelia County2
- Brunswick County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Henrico County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Richmond2
- Highland County1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Craig County1
- Greensville County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- Patrick County1
- Caroline County1
- Essex County1
- Hanover County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Louisa County1
- New Kent County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
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. Rebuilt daily.