Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 1988
22 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 22
- Busiest day
- May 16, 19889 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Franklin County3
- Fairfax County3
- Culpeper County2
- Bedford County2
- Stafford County2
- Loudoun County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Shenandoah County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Arlington County1
- King George County1
- Patrick County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Campbell County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Albemarle County1
- Fauquier County1
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.