Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, April 1998
61 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1998. 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 April 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 61
- Busiest day
- April 9, 199828 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 12:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 6:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 6:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 8:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Alexandria | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington | 66 min |
| Apr 8, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 58 min |
| Apr 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Halifax | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 17 min |
| Apr 8, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 20 min |
| Apr 8, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 19 min |
| Apr 8, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex | 19 min |
| Apr 8, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 19 min |
| Apr 9, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Harrisonburg | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, City of Richmond | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico, New Kent | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen | 17 min |
| Apr 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Richmond | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Middlesex | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 18 min |
| Apr 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mathews | 19 min |
| Apr 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 19 min |
| Apr 9, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 17 min |
| Apr 9, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Newport News | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Westmoreland County3
- Dickenson County3
- Culpeper County2
- Fauquier County2
- Louisa County2
- Caroline County2
- Hanover County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Lee County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Charlotte County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Essex County2
- Northampton County2
- Buckingham County1
- Albemarle County1
- Prince William County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Alexandria1
- Patrick County1
- Henry County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Campbell County1
- Halifax County1
- Amelia County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Brunswick County1
- Augusta County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Chesterfield County1
- City of Richmond1
- King William County1
- Henrico County1
- New Kent County1
26 more counties
- King and Queen County1
- Lancaster County1
- Richmond County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northumberland County1
- City of Suffolk1
- York County1
- Gloucester County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- Mathews County1
- Accomack County1
- Surry County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Newport News1
- Wise County1
- Buchanan County1
- Russell County1
- Craig County1
- Botetourt County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Loudoun County1
- City of Danville1
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Sources
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