Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 2003
82 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 82
- Busiest day
- August 5, 200323 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 4, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 63 min |
| Aug 4, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Montgomery, City of Radford | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Stafford | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 20 min |
| Aug 5, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Newport News | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 76 min |
| Aug 16, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Poquoson | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 19 min |
| Aug 17, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 67 min |
| Aug 22, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 57 min |
| Aug 22, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 64 min |
| Aug 26, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Fairfax | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 66 min |
| Aug 26, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 72 min |
| Aug 26, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 97 min |
| Aug 26, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah, Warren | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County6
- Bedford County5
- Fauquier County5
- Fairfax County4
- Franklin County3
- Orange County3
- Culpeper County3
- King George County3
- Scott County2
- Russell County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Patrick County2
- Montgomery County2
- City of Radford2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockingham County2
- Halifax County2
- Stafford County2
- York County2
- Appomattox County2
- Accomack County2
- Clarke County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Fairfax2
- Westmoreland County2
- Richmond County2
- Middlesex County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Washington County1
- Campbell County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Amherst County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- Craig County1
- Botetourt County1
- Floyd County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Lunenburg County1
34 more counties
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Prince William County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Caroline County1
- City of Newport News1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Louisa County1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Poquoson1
- Albemarle County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Suffolk1
- Nelson County1
- Buckingham County1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Southampton County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Lee County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Arlington County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Falls Church1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- Mathews County1
- Warren 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.