Alert archive / Virginia / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Virginia, 2018
4 red flag warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 4
- Busiest month
- April4 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- April 12, 20183 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 12, 2:00 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex and 21 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:07 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Buckingham, Rockbridge | 17 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:42 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 22 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:32 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene and 10 more | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Winchester2
- Amelia County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
21 more counties
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Buckingham County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Culpeper County1
- Highland County1
- King George County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
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.