Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 2015
27 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 27
- Busiest day
- August 11, 201513 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 3:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, Shenandoah, City of Winchester | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 4:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 4:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Halifax | 63 min |
| Aug 4, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 18 min |
| Aug 4, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Charlotte, Pittsylvania and 1 more | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Louisa | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 63 min |
| Aug 11, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 68 min |
| Aug 11, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, New Kent | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 22 min |
| Aug 11, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 26 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Prince William County4
- Loudoun County3
- Fairfax County3
- Amherst County3
- Fauquier County3
- Bedford County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Frederick County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Campbell County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Albemarle County2
- Stafford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Charlotte County2
- Hanover County2
- Caroline County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Northampton County2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Clarke County1
- City of Winchester1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- Nelson County1
- City of Alexandria1
- Accomack County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Rockbridge County1
- Appomattox County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Amelia County1
- Cumberland County1
- Nottoway 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. Rebuilt daily.