Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, June 1997
62 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 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 June 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 62
- Busiest day
- June 26, 199720 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Wythe | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Galax | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Martinsville | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 69 min |
| Jun 13, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 14 min |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Warren | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Falls Church | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Salem | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Alexandria | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Powhatan | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Emporia | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County5
- Grayson County2
- Wythe County2
- Pulaski County2
- Patrick County2
- Montgomery County2
- Henry County2
- Lee County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Brunswick County2
- Buchanan County2
- Loudoun County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- City of Fairfax2
- Roanoke County2
- Franklin County2
- Carroll County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- Floyd County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Botetourt County1
- Dickenson County1
- Wise County1
- Tazewell County1
- Scott County1
- Russell County1
- Washington County1
- Smyth County1
- Warren County1
- Arlington County1
- City of Falls Church1
- King George County1
- City of Salem1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Orange County1
- Clarke County1
- City of Alexandria1
- Bedford County1
18 more counties
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Roanoke1
- Halifax County1
- Cumberland County1
- Powhatan County1
- Amelia County1
- Accomack County1
- Northampton County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Surry County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Petersburg1
- Greensville County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hopewell1
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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.