Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 2017
40 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 40
- Busiest day
- August 11, 20177 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 3, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Shenandoah | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 21 min |
| Aug 11, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 65 min |
| Aug 12, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 17 min |
| Aug 12, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, Richmond, Westmoreland | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William and 5 more | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Stafford | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Orange, Spotsylvania | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Petersburg | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Sussex | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 56 min |
| Aug 23, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fauquier County8
- Loudoun County6
- Prince William County6
- Fairfax County5
- Richmond County5
- Essex County4
- Lancaster County4
- Arlington County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Warren County3
- Middlesex County3
- Northumberland County3
- King and Queen County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Southampton County3
- Sussex County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- Rockingham County2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- Hanover County2
- Surry County2
- Culpeper County2
- Prince George County2
- York County1
- City of Poquoson1
- Page County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Albemarle County1
- Nelson County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- King George County1
- Caroline 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.