Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, February 2020
13 severe thunderstorm warnings in February 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 February 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 13
- Busiest day
- February 7, 20206 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 6, 10:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 48 min |
| Feb 6, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 51 min |
| Feb 6, 3:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 4 more | 49 min |
| Feb 6, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 40 min |
| Feb 7, 7:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 34 min |
| Feb 7, 8:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford | 19 min |
| Feb 7, 8:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex | 21 min |
| Feb 7, 9:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Mathews, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 6 more | 38 min |
| Feb 7, 9:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 48 min |
| Feb 7, 9:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 45 min |
| Feb 12, 9:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 9:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Madison, Orange | 51 min |
| Feb 26, 10:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 50 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- City of Suffolk3
- Isle of Wight County2
- York County2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- Prince William County2
- Stafford County2
- Culpeper County2
- Orange County2
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Franklin1
- Loudoun County1
- Fairfax County1
- Caroline County1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- Mathews County1
- Accomack County1
- Northampton County1
- Lee County1
- Albemarle County1
- Madison County1
- Fauquier County1
- Spotsylvania 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.