Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1988
57 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1988. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 57
- Busiest month
- May22 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- May 16, 19889 severe thunderstorm 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 26, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Rockbridge | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 66 min |
| Mar 26, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 66 min |
| Mar 26, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Salem | 57 min |
| May 16, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 67 min |
| May 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 45 min |
| May 16, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 38 min |
| May 16, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 15 min |
| May 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 42 min |
| May 16, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 64 min |
| May 16, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 29 min |
| May 16, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 55 min |
| May 16, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 60 min |
| May 17, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 44 min |
| May 17, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 57 min |
| May 21, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico | 50 min |
| May 23, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 69 min |
| May 23, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 55 min |
| May 23, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 40 min |
| May 23, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 66 min |
| May 23, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 66 min |
| May 23, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | 66 min | |
| May 24, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Albemarle | 65 min |
| May 24, 1:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Stafford | 64 min |
| May 24, 1:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 64 min |
| May 24, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 68 min |
| Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 69 min |
| Jun 23, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 69 min |
| Aug 15, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William | 57 min |
| Aug 15, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Prince William, Stafford | 63 min |
| Aug 15, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 63 min |
| Aug 15, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Powhatan | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 31 min |
| Nov 5, 6:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Newport News | 68 min |
| Nov 28, 3:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton | 65 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County6
- Stafford County4
- Bedford County4
- Franklin County4
- Loudoun County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Botetourt County3
- Arlington County3
- Prince William County3
- Rappahannock County2
- Culpeper County2
- King George County2
- Halifax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Amherst County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Orange County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Salem1
- Shenandoah County1
- Patrick County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Campbell County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Albemarle County1
- Pulaski County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Essex County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Sussex County1
- Greensville County1
- Southampton County1
- Montgomery County1
- Craig County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.