Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, April 2008
40 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2008. 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 April 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 40
- Busiest day
- April 26, 200816 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath, Rockbridge | 37 min |
| Apr 11, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 9:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 10:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 51 min |
| Apr 12, 11:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway | 39 min |
| Apr 12, 11:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 24 min |
| Apr 12, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, New Kent, Prince George, Surry and 4 more | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry | 81 min |
| Apr 20, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 27 min |
| Apr 20, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 73 min |
| Apr 26, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 80 min |
| Apr 26, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Stafford | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson, City of Charlottesville | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 36 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henry County6
- Southampton County5
- Pittsylvania County4
- Brunswick County4
- Sussex County4
- Charlotte County3
- Halifax County3
- Franklin County3
- City of Martinsville3
- Patrick County3
- Amherst County3
- Campbell County3
- Buckingham County3
- Bath County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Augusta County2
- City of Danville2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Carroll County2
- Greensville County2
- City of Emporia2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Pulaski County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- City of Suffolk2
- Highland County1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Amelia County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- New Kent County1
- Prince George County1
- Surry County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
24 more counties
- City of Petersburg1
- Caroline County1
- Essex County1
- King and Queen County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Shenandoah County1
- Frederick County1
- Alleghany County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- Culpeper County1
- Fauquier County1
- Stafford County1
- Albemarle County1
- Nelson County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Appomattox County1
- Montgomery County1
- City of Radford1
- Wythe County1
- City of Franklin1
- Northampton 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.