Alert archive / Virginia / Red Flag Warnings / 2016
Red Flag Warnings in Virginia, April 2016
4 red flag warnings in April 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 April 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 4
- Busiest day
- April 8, 20162 red flag warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Henrico County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Arlington County1
- Clarke County1
- Fairfax County1
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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.