Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 1997
20 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 20
- Busiest day
- August 4, 199714 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 4, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 69 min |
| Aug 4, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County2
- Hanover County2
- Northampton County2
- Fairfax County2
- Louisa County1
- Dickenson County1
- Campbell County1
- King William County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Essex County1
- Richmond County1
- Lancaster County1
- Charles City County1
- James City County1
- Wise County1
- Washington County1
- Accomack County1
- Frederick County1
- Arlington County1
- Prince William County1
- Fauquier County1
- Pulaski 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. Rebuilt daily.