Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2019

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 2019

123 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2019. 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 May 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
123
Busiest day
May 31, 201921 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William42 min
May 2, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church52 min
May 2, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge48 min
May 2, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLouisa38 min
May 2, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXOrange, Spotsylvania49 min
May 2, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg46 min
May 3, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXRockingham, Shenandoah42 min
May 3, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, City of Winchester39 min
May 3, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, City of Winchester34 min
May 3, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Grayson, Wythe56 min
May 3, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren46 min
May 3, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Galax46 min
May 3, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, Warren40 min
May 3, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Frederick50 min
May 3, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Loudoun47 min
May 4, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFloyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick41 min
May 4, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Pittsylvania58 min
May 4, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax58 min
May 4, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg56 min
May 4, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Sussex and 2 more30 min
May 11, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell61 min
May 11, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk32 min
May 12, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg45 min
May 12, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHalifax44 min
May 12, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg25 min
May 18, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier, Rappahannock, Warren41 min
May 18, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier, Prince William, Stafford44 min
May 18, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison, Orange22 min
May 18, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXLee29 min
May 19, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBotetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington41 min
May 23, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Loudoun34 min
May 23, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Page, Rappahannock, Warren45 min
May 23, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham48 min
May 23, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXLoudoun34 min
May 23, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford and 4 more34 min
May 23, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Madison, Orange, Prince William and 3 more32 min
May 23, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church39 min
May 23, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Culpeper, Fauquier, King George, Orange, Prince William and 3 more65 min
May 23, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland42 min
May 25, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg50 min
May 25, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene, Rockingham37 min
May 25, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, Shenandoah, Warren39 min
May 25, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier, Rappahannock, Warren40 min
May 25, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockbridge, City of Lexington47 min
May 25, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, Nelson61 min
May 25, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier, Prince William42 min
May 25, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene, Orange, Rockingham53 min
May 25, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford47 min
May 25, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville51 min
May 25, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPrince William, Stafford33 min
May 25, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBuckingham38 min
May 25, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville41 min
May 25, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg32 min
May 25, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway50 min
May 26, 12:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg44 min
May 26, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Orange31 min
May 26, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle20 min
May 26, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXOrange, Spotsylvania42 min
May 26, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQFluvanna, Goochland, Louisa39 min
May 26, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover52 min
May 26, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQFluvanna, Goochland, Louisa23 min
May 26, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William40 min
May 26, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, Middlesex14 min
May 26, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle28 min
May 26, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier20 min
May 26, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa51 min
May 26, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier52 min
May 26, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper14 min
May 26, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBland, Tazewell40 min
May 26, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Smyth, Wythe and 1 more35 min
May 26, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Craig, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and 4 more32 min
May 26, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack38 min
May 29, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell, Charlotte25 min
May 29, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWise36 min
May 29, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBuchanan, Dickenson58 min
May 29, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBland, Giles, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe95 min
May 29, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBuchanan39 min
May 29, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWise28 min
May 29, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington47 min
May 29, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXScott, Wise, City of Norton28 min
May 29, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCraig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, City of Radford44 min
May 29, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Botetourt, Craig, Giles, City of Covington39 min
May 29, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRussell, Scott, Washington, Wise38 min
May 29, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBland, Carroll, Craig, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery and 5 more65 min
May 29, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge, City of Covington49 min
May 29, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania49 min
May 29, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Montgomery, Patrick and 5 more25 min
May 29, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst, Buckingham, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington1 min
May 29, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington50 min
May 29, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Henry, Patrick and 3 more60 min
May 29, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania65 min
May 29, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCampbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville and 1 more82 min
May 30, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas and 1 more43 min
May 30, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren13 min
May 30, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 3 more50 min
May 30, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax, Prince William48 min
May 30, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford27 min
May 30, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXKing George41 min
May 30, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg49 min
May 30, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene, Madison, Rockingham51 min
May 30, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange44 min
May 30, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBuchanan, Dickenson17 min
May 30, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Northampton, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 5 more49 min
May 31, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick30 min
May 31, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick34 min
May 31, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry30 min
May 31, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville46 min
May 31, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBotetourt, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and 3 more60 min
May 31, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGrayson41 min
May 31, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHalifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville38 min
May 31, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Roanoke, City of Roanoke66 min
May 31, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Covington and 1 more56 min
May 31, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta43 min
May 31, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, Nelson17 min
May 31, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, Rockingham28 min
May 31, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst, Bedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania, City of Lynchburg63 min
May 31, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCampbell, Charlotte, Halifax56 min
May 31, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene, Orange, Rockingham38 min
May 31, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania48 min
May 31, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk46 min
May 31, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville42 min
May 31, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex51 min
May 31, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Powhatan65 min

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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.