Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 1999
41 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1999. 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 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 41
- Busiest day
- May 24, 199914 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 7, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 62 min |
| May 7, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 67 min |
| May 7, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 33 min |
| May 7, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland | 33 min |
| May 7, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 50 min |
| May 7, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 37 min |
| May 7, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles, Montgomery | 37 min |
| May 7, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 52 min |
| May 7, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 37 min |
| May 7, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 34 min |
| May 7, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 49 min |
| May 7, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 50 min |
| May 7, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 63 min |
| May 7, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 36 min |
| May 7, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 51 min |
| May 7, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 51 min |
| May 7, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 50 min |
| May 7, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 37 min |
| May 7, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 33 min |
| May 7, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 63 min |
| May 7, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 34 min |
| May 8, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 32 min |
| May 13, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 37 min |
| May 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| May 13, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| May 24, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King William | 46 min |
| May 24, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 35 min |
| May 24, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Falls Church | 35 min |
| May 24, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen | 34 min |
| May 24, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 49 min |
| May 24, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York | 33 min |
| May 24, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 33 min |
| May 24, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 31 min |
| May 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mathews | 35 min |
| May 24, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 32 min |
| May 24, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth | 31 min |
| May 24, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 34 min |
| May 24, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Giles County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Wythe County2
- Pulaski County2
- Henry County2
- Franklin County2
- Lee County1
- Smyth County1
- Bland County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Craig County1
- Botetourt County1
- Patrick County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- Prince William County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Mecklenburg County1
- King William County1
- Arlington County1
- City of Falls Church1
- King and Queen County1
- Essex County1
- Richmond County1
- York County1
- Gloucester County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Mathews County1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Accomack 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.