Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 2012
73 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 73
- Busiest day
- August 1, 201217 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Giles, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Jul 31, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 56 min |
| Jul 31, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 25 min |
| Aug 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Highland | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Rockbridge | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Sussex | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 2 more | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, Rappahannock, City of Manassas and 1 more | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Rappahannock | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Staunton | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mathews, Middlesex | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, City of Norton | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 2:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson, City of Charlottesville | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Warren | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George and 4 more | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex and 3 more | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Rockingham | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 4 more | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 9:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 5:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 45 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockingham County7
- Frederick County6
- Lee County5
- Scott County5
- Shenandoah County5
- Sussex County5
- Isle of Wight County5
- City of Newport News5
- City of Suffolk5
- Fauquier County5
- Madison County5
- Rockbridge County4
- Greensville County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Southampton County4
- Surry County4
- Prince George County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Portsmouth4
- Rappahannock County4
- Henry County4
- Augusta County3
- Botetourt County3
- Charles City County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Washington County3
- Prince William County3
- Loudoun County3
- Warren County3
- Fairfax County3
- Culpeper County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Page County3
- Montgomery County2
- Amherst County2
57 more counties
- Alleghany County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lexington2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Franklin County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- Clarke County2
- Greene County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Campbell County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Bath County1
- Highland County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward County1
- City of Salem1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- Caroline County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Goochland County1
- Powhatan County1
- City of Richmond1
- Northumberland County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Winchester1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Staunton1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Russell County1
- Albemarle County1
- Nelson County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Fluvanna County1
- Louisa County1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Orange County1
- Amelia County1
- City of Danville1
- James City County1
- York County1
- City of Poquoson1
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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.