Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 1988
12 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 12
- Busiest day
- August 15, 19885 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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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.