Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 2015
31 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 31
- Busiest day
- May 6, 20159 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 6, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 41 min |
| May 6, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 28 min |
| May 6, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester | 23 min |
| May 6, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 23 min |
| May 6, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 22 min |
| May 6, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Warren | 34 min |
| May 6, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 27 min |
| May 6, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania | 36 min |
| May 11, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson | 34 min |
| May 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 43 min |
| May 11, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 22 min |
| May 11, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 61 min |
| May 11, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 45 min |
| May 11, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte | 49 min |
| May 11, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 40 min |
| May 12, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia | 40 min |
| May 12, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 43 min |
| May 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 50 min |
| May 16, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Winchester | 36 min |
| May 16, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 31 min |
| May 16, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Rappahannock, Warren | 28 min |
| May 16, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun | 29 min |
| May 16, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 43 min |
| May 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 27 min |
| May 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 34 min |
| May 27, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 41 min |
| May 29, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Madison, Orange | 36 min |
| May 29, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 23 min |
| May 31, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Warren | 24 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Frederick County8
- Clarke County6
- Fauquier County6
- Amherst County6
- Loudoun County5
- Fairfax County4
- Warren County4
- Madison County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Shenandoah County2
- City of Winchester2
- Culpeper County2
- Orange County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Bedford County2
- Campbell County2
- Southampton County2
- City of Fairfax1
- Prince William County1
- Augusta County1
- Nelson County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- Appomattox County1
- Charlotte County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Greensville County1
- City of Emporia1
- Sussex County1
- Greene County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Arlington County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Albemarle 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.