Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 2002
50 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2002. 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 August 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 50
- Busiest day
- August 3, 200219 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights | 14 min |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Highland | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Shenandoah | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 1 more | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Warren, City of Winchester | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 56 min |
| Aug 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 22 min |
| Aug 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Pulaski | 24 min |
| Aug 19, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 20 min |
| Aug 24, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 43 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County5
- Stafford County5
- Prince William County4
- Fauquier County4
- City of Alexandria3
- Washington County3
- City of Bristol3
- Spotsylvania County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Nelson County3
- Charlotte County2
- Arlington County2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Alleghany County2
- Page County2
- Culpeper County2
- Shenandoah County2
- King George County2
- Orange County2
- Warren County2
- Bland County2
- Westmoreland County2
- Amelia County1
- Accomack County1
- Chesterfield County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- City of Fairfax1
- Augusta County1
- Highland County1
- City of Covington1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Bath County1
- Loudoun County1
- Clarke 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.