Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2013

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 2013

70 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 70
Busiest day: May 22, 201322 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
May 6, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	41 min
May 6, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	39 min
May 7, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Nelson	46 min
May 7, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	44 min
May 7, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper	51 min
May 7, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	62 min
May 7, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	60 min
May 8, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax	48 min
May 10, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Highland, Rockingham	46 min
May 10, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Montgomery	41 min
May 10, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	55 min
May 10, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Loudoun	43 min
May 10, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	41 min
May 11, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	19 min
May 11, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	42 min
May 11, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Nottoway	39 min
May 11, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Nottoway	38 min
May 11, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Petersburg	49 min
May 11, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell	43 min
May 11, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania	61 min
May 11, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	45 min
May 11, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	49 min
May 11, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell	14 min
May 16, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	40 min
May 16, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hanover, Louisa	40 min
May 16, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	49 min
May 16, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, King and Queen, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent	52 min
May 17, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista	54 min
May 19, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	50 min
May 19, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Smyth	51 min
May 19, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Washington	40 min
May 20, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge	41 min
May 20, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta	51 min
May 21, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington, City of Bristol	37 min
May 22, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pulaski, Wythe	39 min
May 22, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Giles, Pulaski	50 min
May 22, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland	38 min
May 22, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington, City of Bristol	66 min
May 22, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Montgomery	50 min
May 22, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	62 min
May 22, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Rockingham, Shenandoah	58 min
May 22, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Montgomery, Roanoke	23 min
May 22, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	33 min
May 22, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe	29 min
May 22, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester	61 min
May 22, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	43 min
May 22, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	38 min
May 22, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Scott, Wise	52 min
May 22, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, City of Winchester	71 min
May 22, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt	51 min
May 22, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Loudoun	37 min
May 22, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	36 min
May 22, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg	45 min
May 22, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah	62 min
May 22, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren	62 min
May 22, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Rappahannock, Warren	42 min
May 23, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Greene, Madison	46 min
May 23, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock	45 min
May 23, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Nelson, Orange, City of Charlottesville	56 min
May 23, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren	39 min
May 23, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren	43 min
May 23, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester	62 min
May 23, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	47 min
May 23, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	63 min
May 23, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester	30 min
May 23, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	44 min
May 23, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Rockbridge, City of Lynchburg	52 min
May 23, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church	47 min
May 28, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church	38 min
May 30, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Madison	44 min

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Sources

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