Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, February 2017
31 severe thunderstorm warnings in February 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 February 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 31
- Busiest day
- February 25, 201725 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 12, 9:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 45 min |
| Feb 12, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 43 min |
| Feb 12, 10:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Shenandoah, Warren and 1 more | 44 min |
| Feb 12, 10:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 61 min |
| Feb 12, 10:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fairfax, Loudoun | 38 min |
| Feb 12, 11:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 43 min |
| Feb 25, 3:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 48 min |
| Feb 25, 12:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 41 min |
| Feb 25, 1:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Nelson, City of Charlottesville | 36 min |
| Feb 25, 1:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania | 42 min |
| Feb 25, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward | 42 min |
| Feb 25, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 43 min |
| Feb 25, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 10 min |
| Feb 25, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 42 min |
| Feb 25, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, King George, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 1 more | 48 min |
| Feb 25, 2:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan and 1 more | 47 min |
| Feb 25, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria | 40 min |
| Feb 25, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Hanover | 40 min |
| Feb 25, 2:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 39 min |
| Feb 25, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 38 min |
| Feb 25, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Richmond and 1 more | 47 min |
| Feb 25, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell | 44 min |
| Feb 25, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 33 min |
| Feb 25, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 1 more | 48 min |
| Feb 25, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Feb 25, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 18 min |
| Feb 25, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex and 1 more | 46 min |
| Feb 25, 4:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, King and Queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex | 38 min |
| Feb 25, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 67 min |
| Feb 25, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 30 min |
| Feb 25, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 37 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County5
- Prince William County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Amelia County4
- Stafford County4
- Frederick County3
- Fairfax County3
- Culpeper County3
- Orange County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Nottoway County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
- Essex County3
- King and Queen County3
- Richmond County3
- Clarke County2
- Fauquier County2
- Arlington County2
- City of Alexandria2
- Albemarle County2
- Greene County2
- Goochland County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- City of Richmond2
- Caroline County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- King William County2
- Prince George County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hopewell2
- Westmoreland County2
- Charles City County2
- New Kent County2
- Gloucester County2
- Middlesex County2
- Northampton County2
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
26 more counties
- City of Winchester1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- Lee County1
- Scott County1
- Amherst County1
- Bedford County1
- Campbell County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Nelson County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Madison County1
- Lunenburg County1
- King George County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Brunswick County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- James City County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Accomack County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- York County1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
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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.