Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 2020
106 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 106
- Busiest day
- August 6, 202034 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 17 min |
| Aug 1, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 22 min |
| Aug 3, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 3:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania and 1 more | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Orange | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 18 min |
| Aug 3, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath, Rockbridge | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Patrick | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mathews, Middlesex | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Craig | 21 min |
| Aug 6, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Orange, City of Charlottesville | 65 min |
| Aug 6, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 64 min |
| Aug 6, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland | 15 min |
| Aug 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Charlotte, Franklin, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Staunton | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Waynesboro | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Waynesboro | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Rockingham | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Sussex | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Page, Rappahannock | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 10:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 11:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun | 33 min |
| Aug 25, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Warren, City of Winchester | 39 min |
| Aug 25, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock, Warren | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Prince William, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 7 more | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson and 3 more | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 41 min |
| Aug 28, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock | 28 min |
| Aug 28, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford, City of Manassas | 41 min |
| Aug 31, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stafford County11
- Fauquier County10
- Culpeper County9
- Prince William County9
- Fairfax County8
- Rockingham County7
- Spotsylvania County7
- King George County7
- Loudoun County7
- Orange County6
- Madison County6
- Augusta County6
- Frederick County6
- Halifax County5
- Franklin County5
- City of Fredericksburg5
- Albemarle County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Carroll County4
- Bedford County4
- Floyd County4
- Greene County4
- Montgomery County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Manassas4
- Botetourt County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Charlotte County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Patrick County3
- Bland County3
- Giles County3
- Alleghany County3
- Arlington County3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Clarke County3
- City of Winchester3
- City of Fairfax3
- Northampton County2
61 more counties
- Craig County2
- Pulaski County2
- Wythe County2
- Grayson County2
- Mathews County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Louisa County2
- Cumberland County2
- Goochland County2
- Campbell County2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Amherst County2
- Prince George County2
- Westmoreland County2
- Warren County2
- City of Falls Church2
- Isle of Wight County2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Accomack County1
- Buckingham County1
- City of Danville1
- Henry County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Bath County1
- City of Covington1
- Middlesex County1
- Tazewell County1
- Smyth County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Hanover County1
- Powhatan County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- City of Staunton1
- Nelson County1
- Highland County1
- Sussex County1
- Southampton County1
- Page County1
- Caroline County1
- Richmond County1
- Appomattox County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Charles City County1
- Gloucester County1
- James City County1
- Surry County1
- York County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Russell County1
- Washington County1
- Brunswick County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
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Sources
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