Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, April 1996
21 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1996. 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 April 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 21
- Busiest day
- April 13, 19968 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 68 min |
| Apr 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 65 min |
| Apr 13, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, City of Galax | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, King and Queen, New Kent | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 41 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- Chesterfield County2
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Russell County1
- Smyth County1
- Wythe County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- City of Radford1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- City of Salem1
- Grayson County1
- City of Galax1
- Halifax County1
- Amelia County1
- Henrico County1
- City of Richmond1
- Hanover County1
- King William County1
- Charles City County1
- King and Queen County1
- New Kent County1
- Essex County1
- Richmond County1
- Brunswick County1
- Lancaster County1
- Northumberland County1
- Middlesex County1
- Greensville County1
- City of Emporia1
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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.