Alert archive / Virginia / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in Virginia, 2025
15 red flag warnings in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 15
- Busiest month
- March11 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- March 22, 20254 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 1, 2:38 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 8 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:05 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 17 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:57 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 36 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:26 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 23 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:55 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol | 12 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:01 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol | 30 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:44 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Fauquier, Greene, Madison, Nelson and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:29 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 17 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:07 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:15 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 13 more | 17 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:25 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Highland and 10 more | 27 hr |
| Nov 16, 12:05 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 24 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:17 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 40 more | 17 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:32 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 27 more | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County5
- Augusta County5
- Greene County5
- Madison County5
- Nelson County5
- Page County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Rockingham County5
- Warren County5
- Amherst County4
- Bedford County4
- Campbell County4
- Franklin County4
- Henry County4
- Patrick County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- City of Danville4
- City of Lynchburg4
- City of Martinsville4
- Fauquier County4
- Shenandoah County4
- City of Harrisonburg4
- City of Staunton4
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Charlotte County3
- Halifax County3
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Loudoun County3
- Orange County3
- Prince William County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Manassas3
- Botetourt County3
- Grayson County3
- Roanoke County3
- Rockbridge County3
77 more counties
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Highland County3
- City of Winchester3
- King George County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- 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
- Northumberland County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- Westmoreland County2
- York County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Bland County2
- Carroll County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Giles County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pulaski County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Radford2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Virginia Beach1
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.