Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 2016
54 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 54
- Busiest day
- August 15, 201613 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William | 17 min |
| Jul 31, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan and 2 more | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 48 min |
| Aug 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Warren | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 68 min |
| Aug 17, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 68 min |
| Aug 17, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Rockbridge, City of Lynchburg | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 72 min |
| Aug 17, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Page, Rappahannock, Warren | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Warren | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Richmond | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 46 min |
| Aug 31, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County9
- Fauquier County7
- Culpeper County7
- Rappahannock County7
- Bedford County7
- Warren County6
- Prince William County5
- Franklin County5
- Campbell County4
- Scott County4
- Stafford County3
- Albemarle County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Frederick County3
- Page County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Washington County3
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Madison County2
- Bland County2
- Tazewell County2
- Rockingham County2
- Lee County2
- City of Bristol2
- Essex County2
- Richmond County2
- Fairfax County2
- Amelia County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Powhatan County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Richmond1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Nelson County1
36 more counties
- Clarke County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Russell County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Smyth County1
- Wythe County1
- Carroll County1
- City of Galax1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Amherst County1
- Botetourt County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- City of Danville1
- Bath County1
- Caroline County1
- King George County1
- Arlington County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- Northumberland County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Accomack County1
- Montgomery County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Augusta 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.