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Red Flag Warnings in Virginia, 2021
8 red flag warnings in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 8
- Busiest month
- March5 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 11, 20213 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 11, 3:03 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 40 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:24 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:28 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 22 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:01 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:05 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 16 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:34 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 38 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:41 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Charlotte, Franklin, Halifax, Henry and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:24 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amelia County2
- Brunswick County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Greensville County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mathews County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
51 more counties
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Bedford County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Winchester2
- Northumberland County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Buckingham County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Culpeper County1
- Highland County1
- King George County1
- Nelson County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- Accomack County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- City of Martinsville1
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.