Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 1997
30 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 30
- Busiest day
- May 1, 199721 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| May 1, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 35 min |
| May 1, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie | 38 min |
| May 1, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville | 26 min |
| May 1, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Petersburg | 45 min |
| May 1, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 45 min |
| May 1, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| May 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 25 min |
| May 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 17 min |
| May 1, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 19 min |
| May 1, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg | 26 min |
| May 1, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 29 min |
| May 1, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Poquoson | 29 min |
| May 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 29 min |
| May 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 27 min |
| May 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 28 min |
| May 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| May 1, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 29 min |
| May 1, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 38 min |
| May 3, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 39 min |
| May 3, 11:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| May 6, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 36 min |
| May 9, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 19 min |
| May 9, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen | 17 min |
| May 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 46 min |
| May 14, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 46 min |
| May 15, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 16 min |
| May 15, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 17 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Northampton County3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Mecklenburg County2
- Greensville County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Chesapeake2
- King and Queen County2
- Lunenburg County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Petersburg1
- Surry County1
- Northumberland County1
- James City County1
- York County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Poquoson1
- Gloucester County1
- Mathews County1
- Southampton County1
- Arlington County1
- King William County1
- New Kent County1
- Campbell County1
- Lee 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.