Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, March 1997
15 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 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 March 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 15
- Busiest day
- March 5, 19975 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 11:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 57 min |
| Mar 5, 5:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 66 min |
| Mar 5, 6:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 55 min |
| Mar 5, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 42 min |
| Mar 5, 8:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville | 40 min |
| Mar 5, 8:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 35 min |
| Mar 24, 11:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 1:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 21 min |
| Mar 29, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County2
- City of Suffolk2
- Accomack County2
- Henry County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- Halifax County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Brunswick County1
- Greensville County1
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- Dickenson County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Portsmouth1
- Northampton County1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
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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.