Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, April 2015
36 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 36
- Busiest day
- April 20, 201514 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 8, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George and 3 more | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex and 1 more | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 2 more | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Mathews, Northampton | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski, Wythe | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 23 min |
| Apr 20, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 11:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 63 min |
| Apr 25, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 24 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Russell County5
- Washington County5
- Lee County3
- Scott County3
- Halifax County3
- Fairfax County3
- Stafford County3
- Buchanan County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Charles City County2
- New Kent County2
- Gloucester County2
- King and Queen County2
- Lancaster County2
- Middlesex County2
- Mathews County2
- Accomack County2
- Northampton County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Wythe County2
- Southampton County2
- Arlington County2
- Prince William County2
- City of Falls Church2
- King George County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Giles County1
- Bedford County1
- Amelia County1
- Nottoway County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Henrico County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- King William County1
- James City County1
20 more counties
- Northumberland County1
- York County1
- Henry County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Grayson County1
- Pulaski County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Greensville County1
- City of Emporia1
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Suffolk1
- Frederick County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Loudoun County1
- Dickenson County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell 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.