Alert archive / Virginia / Richmond County
Weather alerts in Richmond County, Virginia, 2025
179 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Richmond County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 179
- Warnings
- 54
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- July49 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 8, 20258 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 3 tornado warnings covering Richmond County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them.
Richmond County, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 26 | 23 | 12% | 8 | 88% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 10 | 6 | 40% | 1 | 100% | 147 min |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings | 21 | 3 | 86% | 6 | 50% | 4 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 329 | 221 | 33% | 621 | 92% | 23 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings | 173 | 131 | 24% | 324 | 92% | 84 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2:50 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | 25 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:01 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | 57 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:20 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:31 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | 18 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 29 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:49 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | 32 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:04 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:31 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | 19 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:51 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | 3 days |
| Feb 11, 2:49 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:42 AM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | 45 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:39 PM EST | High Wind Warning | AKQ | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 10:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 50 min |
| Feb 17, 2:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | 49 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:22 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 49 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:57 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | 16 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 40 min |
| Mar 5, 1:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Mar 5, 1:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 44 min |
| Mar 5, 2:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Mar 5, 2:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Mar 5, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 6:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Mar 20, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Mar 31, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 2:35 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:33 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | 30 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 1, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 51 min |
| May 5, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 5, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 39 min |
| May 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 47 min |
| May 12, 3:08 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 34 hr |
| May 14, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| May 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| May 14, 8:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 115 min |
| May 16, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 21, 1:30 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 12 hr |
| May 21, 8:24 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 5 hr |
| May 22, 1:45 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 6 hr |
| May 22, 6:13 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr |
| May 22, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 38 min |
| May 22, 1:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 22, 2:41 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 12 hr |
| May 23, 6:39 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 7 hr |
| May 30, 3:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 30, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 30, 7:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 30, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 53 min |
| May 30, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 38 min |
| May 30, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 49 min |
| May 31, 11:52 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 8, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 4:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 7:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 8, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 2:57 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 4 days |
| Jun 14, 8:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 16, 2:14 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 24 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 19, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 19, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 2:01 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | AKQ | 3 days |
| Jun 25, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 25, 2:44 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 28 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 11:48 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 1, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 1, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 3:08 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 26 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:43 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 58 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 9, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 11:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 57 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 92 min |
| Jul 14, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 8:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:04 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:43 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 20 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 19, 6:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 19, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 8:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 117 min |
| Jul 19, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 8:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 16 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:36 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | AKQ | 4 days |
| Jul 27, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 27, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 2:12 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 21 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 2, 5:58 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 21 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:52 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 27 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:53 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | 23 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 3:12 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 48 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:12 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:54 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 4 days |
| Aug 20, 2:54 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 45 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:58 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 52 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 5:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Sep 4, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 31 min |
| Sep 6, 1:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 2:50 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 4 days |
| Sep 15, 2:17 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 44 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:19 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 34 hr |
| Sep 24, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 49 min |
| Sep 27, 3:53 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:31 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 71 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:27 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 14 hr |
| Oct 11, 5:56 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 60 hr |
| Oct 12, 9:21 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 48 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 34 hr |
| Oct 19, 7:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 63 min |
| Oct 23, 2:09 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | 31 hr |
| Oct 24, 1:59 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | AKQ | 19 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:19 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | 4 days |
| Oct 27, 3:19 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 days |
| Oct 28, 3:03 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | 14 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:50 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 10 hr |
| Nov 6, 12:35 PM EST | Frost Advisory | AKQ | 19 hr |
| Nov 9, 1:05 AM EST | Freeze Watch | AKQ | 13 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:25 PM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | 43 hr |
| Nov 9, 8:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Nov 9, 8:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 1:07 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | AKQ | 12 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:17 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | 17 hr |
| Dec 4, 1:46 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 54 hr |
| Dec 6, 7:45 PM EST | Freezing Fog Advisory | AKQ | 15 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 43 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | 36 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:08 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | 44 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.