Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, January 1996
34 severe thunderstorm warnings in January 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 January 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 34
- Busiest day
- January 19, 199634 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 5:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 48 min |
| Jan 19, 5:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 48 min |
| Jan 19, 6:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 57 min |
| Jan 19, 6:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 61 min |
| Jan 19, 7:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 64 min |
| Jan 19, 7:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 62 min |
| Jan 19, 7:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 7:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 7:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 56 min |
| Jan 19, 8:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna | 50 min |
| Jan 19, 8:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Nottoway, Powhatan | 48 min |
| Jan 19, 8:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Louisa | 48 min |
| Jan 19, 8:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 9:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 62 min |
| Jan 19, 9:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 62 min |
| Jan 19, 9:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 62 min |
| Jan 19, 9:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 29 min |
| Jan 19, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 9:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 66 min |
| Jan 19, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 10:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, York | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 10:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 59 min |
| Jan 19, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland | 61 min |
| Jan 19, 10:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 61 min |
| Jan 19, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 60 min |
| Jan 19, 12:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 55 min |
| Jan 19, 12:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 58 min |
| Jan 19, 12:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 65 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Henrico County2
- Hanover County2
- York County2
- Henry County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Franklin County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- Campbell County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Halifax County1
- Charlotte County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Appomattox County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Amelia County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Goochland County1
- Louisa County1
- Brunswick County1
- Chesterfield County1
- City of Richmond1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Fauquier County1
- Charles City County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Petersburg1
- Caroline County1
- City of Hopewell1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- New Kent County1
- Essex County1
- James City County1
- Isle of Wight County1
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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.