Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, July 2003
146 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 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 July 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 146
- Busiest day
- July 9, 200347 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rappahannock, Warren | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rappahannock, Warren | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, City of Covington | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 68 min |
| Jul 9, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Covington, City of Lexington | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 17 min |
| Jul 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, City of Lynchburg | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson, City of Charlottesville | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | City of Bristol | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 17 min |
| Jul 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 70 min |
| Jul 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 20 min |
| Jul 9, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 22 min |
| Jul 10, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Falls Church | 67 min |
| Jul 11, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Pittsylvania | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 75 min |
| Jul 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 22 min |
| Jul 16, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 15 min |
| Jul 18, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 19 min |
| Jul 18, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 20 min |
| Jul 19, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 18 min |
| Jul 20, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Surry | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, Middlesex, Richmond | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, York | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, City of Lynchburg | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, City of Lynchburg | 21 min |
| Jul 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County8
- Loudoun County7
- Bedford County6
- City of Lynchburg6
- Franklin County6
- Buckingham County6
- Pittsylvania County6
- Montgomery County5
- Patrick County5
- Wise County4
- Washington County4
- Fauquier County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- City of Norton3
- Campbell County3
- City of Radford3
- Orange County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Frederick County3
- City of Winchester3
- Clarke County3
- Giles County3
- Botetourt County3
- Grayson County3
- City of Bristol3
- City of Falls Church3
- Henrico County3
- Gloucester County3
- Culpeper County2
- Amelia County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Warren County2
- Dickenson County2
- Tazewell County2
- City of Covington2
- Russell County2
- Pulaski County2
- Wythe County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Lexington2
67 more counties
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- Appomattox County2
- Halifax County2
- Prince William County2
- Arlington County2
- Fairfax County2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Chesterfield County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Lee County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Scott County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Floyd County2
- Henry County2
- City of Danville2
- York County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Surry County2
- Cumberland County1
- Buchanan County1
- Bland County1
- Alleghany County1
- Craig County1
- Bath County1
- City of Salem1
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Augusta County1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Buena Vista1
- Carroll County1
- Albemarle County1
- Nelson County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Alexandria1
- Charlotte County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- Lancaster County1
- Northumberland County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Franklin1
- Smyth County1
- Highland County1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- Brunswick County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Sussex County1
- King and Queen County1
- Middlesex County1
- Accomack County1
- Hanover County1
- Nottoway County1
- City of Martinsville1
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Sources
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