Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1992
116 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1992. 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 1992. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 116
- Busiest month
- July53 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- July 31, 199217 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 7:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham | 33 min |
| Jan 14, 8:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 38 min |
| Jan 14, 8:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William | 62 min |
| Feb 15, 7:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Suffolk | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Alleghany | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 4:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 59 min |
| Mar 7, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 8:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico | 59 min |
| Mar 7, 8:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex | 59 min |
| Mar 7, 8:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 57 min |
| Mar 10, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William | 36 min |
| Mar 10, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Campbell | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Smyth, Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Smyth, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Richmond | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charles City | 50 min |
| May 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Warren | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Nottoway | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Albemarle, Louisa | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Middlesex | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Stafford | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Spotsylvania | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Middlesex | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 69 min |
| Jul 21, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Westmoreland | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 56 min |
| Jul 23, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 56 min |
| Jul 23, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 69 min |
| Jul 23, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 69 min |
| Jul 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Richmond | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 54 min |
| Jul 24, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Albemarle, Rockingham | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, York | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton | 65 min |
| Jul 31, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Albemarle | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Warren | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Powhatan | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, New Kent | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Middlesex | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry, Sussex | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Shenandoah | 68 min |
| Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 63 min |
| Aug 11, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Albemarle | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 68 min |
| Aug 17, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 62 min |
| Aug 28, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 66 min |
| Aug 28, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton | 66 min |
| Aug 28, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 66 min |
| Aug 28, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 43 min |
| Sep 10, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 47 min |
| Sep 10, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page | 69 min |
| Nov 23, 12:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Nelson | 46 min |
| Nov 23, 1:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County11
- Loudoun County10
- Essex County9
- Fauquier County9
- Prince William County7
- Middlesex County7
- Arlington County6
- Richmond County6
- Culpeper County4
- Albemarle County4
- Gloucester County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- Westmoreland County4
- York County4
- City of Hampton4
- Rockingham County3
- City of Suffolk3
- Hanover County3
- Stafford County3
- Caroline County3
- Pittsylvania County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Henrico County2
- King William County2
- Smyth County2
- Washington County2
- Lancaster County2
- Charles City County2
- Warren County2
- Accomack County2
- Surry County2
- King and Queen County2
- New Kent County2
- Sussex County2
- Page County2
- Augusta County1
- Southampton County1
- Alleghany County1
- Franklin County1
25 more counties
- Brunswick County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Amherst County1
- Campbell County1
- Bedford County1
- Halifax County1
- Clarke County1
- Orange County1
- Nottoway County1
- Louisa County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Mathews County1
- King George County1
- James City County1
- Amelia County1
- Powhatan County1
- Greensville County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Cumberland County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Rappahannock County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Northampton County1
- Nelson County1
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.