Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, April 2016
14 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 14
- Busiest day
- April 28, 20165 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 1, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson, City of Charlottesville | 29 min |
| Apr 1, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 14 min |
| Apr 7, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 17 min |
| Apr 28, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Pittsylvania | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 91 min |
| Apr 28, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pittsylvania County3
- Buckingham County2
- Halifax County2
- City of Portsmouth2
- Albemarle County1
- Nelson County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Loudoun County1
- Fairfax County1
- City of Alexandria1
- Culpeper County1
- King George County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Campbell County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Patrick County1
- Franklin County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Amelia County1
- Cumberland County1
- Powhatan County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Norfolk1
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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.