Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 1996
46 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 46
- Busiest day
- August 16, 199620 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 2, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 64 min |
| Aug 6, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 64 min |
| Aug 6, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 57 min |
| Aug 15, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 66 min |
| Aug 15, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Powhatan | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | New Kent | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 53 min |
| Aug 23, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 66 min |
| Aug 23, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 19 min |
| Aug 24, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Henrico | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Richmond | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, Prince George | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico, New Kent | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shenandoah County3
- Loudoun County3
- New Kent County3
- Henrico County3
- Charles City County3
- Patrick County2
- Charlotte County2
- Frederick County2
- Fauquier County2
- Prince William County2
- Caroline County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Prince George County2
- Rockingham County1
- Montgomery County1
- Buchanan County1
- Giles County1
- Clarke County1
- Madison County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Cumberland County1
- Powhatan County1
- Russell County1
- King George County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Petersburg1
- Scott County1
- Lee County1
- Bath County1
- Franklin County1
- Goochland County1
- Nelson County1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Hopewell1
- Middlesex County1
- Hanover County1
3 more counties
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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.