Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 2012
51 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 51
- Busiest day
- May 1, 20129 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Floyd, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 63 min |
| May 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 58 min |
| May 1, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 76 min |
| May 1, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 62 min |
| May 1, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 66 min |
| May 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| May 1, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Martinsville | 35 min |
| May 1, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 41 min |
| May 1, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 51 min |
| May 2, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 59 min |
| May 2, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 39 min |
| May 2, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 26 min |
| May 2, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 42 min |
| May 2, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 59 min |
| May 3, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 36 min |
| May 3, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Wythe | 53 min |
| May 3, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd | 34 min |
| May 3, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Pulaski | 65 min |
| May 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Radford | 51 min |
| May 3, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 39 min |
| May 3, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 35 min |
| May 3, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 48 min |
| May 3, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 28 min |
| May 3, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 24 min |
| May 3, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 38 min |
| May 3, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Orange, City of Charlottesville | 51 min |
| May 3, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 28 min |
| May 3, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 48 min |
| May 15, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski, Wythe | 62 min |
| May 15, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 63 min |
| May 15, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 43 min |
| May 17, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Giles | 45 min |
| May 17, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Wythe | 58 min |
| May 18, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise | 42 min |
| May 21, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Montgomery | 54 min |
| May 21, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, City of Roanoke | 59 min |
| May 22, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 33 min |
| May 22, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 63 min |
| May 22, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 29 min |
| May 22, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 44 min |
| May 22, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 60 min |
| May 22, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 35 min |
| May 22, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 36 min |
| May 22, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 42 min |
| May 22, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan | 30 min |
| May 27, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 37 min |
| May 29, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 43 min |
| May 29, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 51 min |
| May 29, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun | 52 min |
| May 29, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 44 min |
| May 29, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pittsylvania County8
- Bedford County7
- Franklin County6
- Henry County5
- City of Martinsville5
- Loudoun County5
- Wythe County4
- Frederick County4
- Floyd County3
- Patrick County3
- Carroll County3
- Giles County3
- Pulaski County3
- Clarke County3
- Halifax County2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Chesapeake2
- Grayson County2
- Bland County2
- Montgomery County2
- Amherst County2
- Orange County2
- Craig County2
- Charlotte County1
- Brunswick County1
- Greensville County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Radford1
- Augusta County1
- City of Staunton1
- Alleghany County1
- Botetourt County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- Highland County1
- Greene County1
25 more counties
- Madison County1
- Albemarle County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Fluvanna County1
- Louisa County1
- Campbell County1
- Fauquier County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Lee County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Nelson County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Buckingham County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Amelia County1
- Cumberland County1
- Powhatan County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Winchester1
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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.