Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, March 2012
54 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 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 March 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 54
- Busiest day
- March 24, 201220 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell | 30 min |
| Feb 29, 7:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 27 min |
| Feb 29, 11:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 10:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 10:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Tazewell | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 1:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 10:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 56 min |
| Mar 20, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 20 min |
| Mar 20, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Staunton | 42 min |
| Mar 20, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham | 47 min |
| Mar 20, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 41 min |
| Mar 20, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 63 min |
| Mar 20, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 62 min |
| Mar 20, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Rockingham | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 63 min |
| Mar 24, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth, Wythe | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Pulaski, Wythe | 63 min |
| Mar 24, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 64 min |
| Mar 24, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick | 66 min |
| Mar 24, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 67 min |
| Mar 24, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 55 min |
| Mar 24, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania | 67 min |
| Mar 24, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 37 min |
| Mar 24, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 81 min |
| Mar 24, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 28 min |
| Mar 24, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren | 21 min |
| Mar 28, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 22 min |
| Mar 28, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland and 1 more | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pittsylvania County8
- Carroll County7
- Bland County6
- Grayson County6
- Campbell County5
- Rockingham County5
- Wythe County5
- Patrick County5
- Russell County4
- Tazewell County4
- Scott County3
- Washington County3
- Giles County3
- Bedford County3
- Halifax County3
- Smyth County3
- Pulaski County3
- City of Galax3
- Buckingham County3
- Lee County2
- City of Bristol2
- Botetourt County2
- Craig County2
- Augusta County2
- Franklin County2
- Floyd County2
- Henry County2
- Appomattox County2
- Charlotte County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Highland County2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Amherst County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Staunton1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Franklin1
20 more counties
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Danville1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Alleghany County1
- Montgomery County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Warren County1
- Essex County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
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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.