Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 2003

105 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 105
Busiest day: May 9, 200328 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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 30, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	31 min
Apr 30, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Louisa	31 min
Apr 30, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg	32 min
May 1, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Rockingham	40 min
May 2, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	City of Bristol	63 min
May 2, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott, Washington	44 min
May 2, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	60 min
May 2, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia	31 min
May 2, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Nottoway	30 min
May 2, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie	47 min
May 3, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig	40 min
May 7, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke	43 min
May 7, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Loudoun	47 min
May 7, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier	41 min
May 7, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	59 min
May 7, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church	57 min
May 8, 11:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, City of Alexandria	24 min
May 8, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Page, Shenandoah	51 min
May 8, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier	41 min
May 8, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	46 min
May 8, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline	28 min
May 8, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mathews	30 min
May 8, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	41 min
May 8, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	30 min
May 8, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, City of Winchester	51 min
May 8, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Warren	52 min
May 8, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	26 min
May 8, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier	37 min
May 8, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	46 min
May 8, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	60 min
May 9, 1:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Wise, City of Norton	38 min
May 9, 1:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	44 min
May 9, 2:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Wise, City of Norton	60 min
May 9, 2:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington, City of Bristol	57 min
May 9, 2:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	22 min
May 9, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro	46 min
May 9, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Nelson, City of Charlottesville	40 min
May 9, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna	25 min
May 9, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	30 min
May 9, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Nelson	54 min
May 9, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Craig	24 min
May 9, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle	42 min
May 9, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	23 min
May 9, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	29 min
May 9, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield	31 min
May 9, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Nottoway	18 min
May 9, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	37 min
May 9, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell	23 min
May 9, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	34 min
May 9, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	24 min
May 9, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell	30 min
May 9, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Nottoway	40 min
May 9, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton	38 min
May 9, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	29 min
May 9, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	29 min
May 9, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	26 min
May 9, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	29 min
May 9, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	34 min
May 9, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	21 min
May 9, 10:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington	32 min
May 9, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt	46 min
May 9, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	46 min
May 9, 11:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	45 min
May 10, 12:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	28 min
May 10, 12:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	32 min
May 10, 12:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	21 min
May 10, 6:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro	34 min
May 10, 7:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Charlottesville, City of Waynesboro	46 min
May 10, 10:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hanover	45 min
May 10, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Pittsylvania	24 min
May 10, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	31 min
May 10, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bath	36 min
May 10, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	44 min
May 10, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	37 min
May 10, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	33 min
May 10, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	40 min
May 10, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	30 min
May 10, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	48 min
May 10, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	11 min
May 10, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	49 min
May 10, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, City of Lynchburg	32 min
May 10, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	39 min
May 10, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	40 min
May 15, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Montgomery, Pulaski	26 min
May 15, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pulaski	20 min
May 15, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	61 min
May 15, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	66 min
May 15, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	65 min
May 15, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier, Prince William	59 min
May 15, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	36 min
May 15, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	26 min
May 17, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	62 min
May 25, 11:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie	30 min
May 29, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	44 min
May 29, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	31 min
May 29, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	33 min
May 29, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Hampton	28 min
May 31, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield	28 min
May 31, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Petersburg	32 min
May 31, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	32 min
May 31, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	65 min
May 31, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	44 min
May 31, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Loudoun	48 min
May 31, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	43 min
May 31, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	37 min

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Sources

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