Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, February 2016
27 severe thunderstorm warnings in February 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 February 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 27
- Busiest day
- February 24, 201620 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 12:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and 2 more | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, City of Lynchburg | 67 min |
| Feb 24, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 5:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 59 min |
| Feb 24, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Stafford | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 6:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 7:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 7:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 8:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 8:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 15 min |
| Feb 24, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex | 11 min |
| Feb 24, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sussex County4
- Halifax County4
- Pittsylvania County3
- Charlotte County3
- Fairfax County3
- Lancaster County3
- Middlesex County3
- Floyd County2
- Patrick County2
- Franklin County2
- Henry County2
- Prince George County2
- Surry County2
- Appomattox County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Nottoway County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Loudoun County2
- Stafford County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Greensville County2
- Essex County2
- King and Queen County2
- Richmond County2
- Carroll County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Radford1
- City of Salem1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Danville1
- Amherst County1
- Campbell County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Buckingham County1
- Cumberland County1
- Louisa County1
27 more counties
- Albemarle County1
- Culpeper County1
- Madison County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Arlington County1
- Prince William County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- King George County1
- Brunswick County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Petersburg1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Franklin1
- Northumberland County1
- Westmoreland County1
- King William County1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- Gloucester County1
- Mathews County1
- Accomack County1
- Northampton 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.