Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, January 2020
25 severe thunderstorm warnings in January 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 January 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 25
- Busiest day
- January 12, 202020 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 49 min |
| Jan 11, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 53 min |
| Jan 11, 6:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 6:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Norton | 42 min |
| Jan 11, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 7:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 7:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 63 min |
| Jan 11, 8:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Tazewell, Wythe | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jan 11, 9:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski and 2 more | 53 min |
| Jan 11, 9:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Montgomery and 5 more | 64 min |
| Jan 11, 9:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick and 3 more | 62 min |
| Jan 11, 10:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Halifax and 4 more | 57 min |
| Jan 11, 10:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 11:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 54 min |
| Jan 11, 11:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax and 2 more | 63 min |
| Jan 11, 11:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania | 47 min |
| Jan 11, 11:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 11:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 2 more | 51 min |
| Jan 12, 12:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 34 min |
| Jan 12, 12:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax | 32 min |
| Jan 12, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and 3 more | 41 min |
| Jan 12, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 36 min |
| Jan 12, 1:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, New Kent, Nottoway and 3 more | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pittsylvania County5
- Halifax County5
- Montgomery County4
- Bedford County4
- Nottoway County4
- Lee County3
- Scott County3
- Washington County3
- Wythe County3
- Botetourt County3
- Roanoke County3
- Patrick County3
- Henry County3
- Appomattox County3
- Goochland County3
- Amelia County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- Russell County2
- Bland County2
- Grayson County2
- Tazewell County2
- Giles County2
- Alleghany County2
- Craig County2
- Pulaski County2
- City of Covington2
- Floyd County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Franklin County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Amherst County2
- Campbell County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Buckingham County2
- Charlotte County2
- Cumberland County2
- Lunenburg County2
29 more counties
- Powhatan County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Henrico County2
- City of Norton1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Smyth County1
- City of Radford1
- Carroll County1
- City of Galax1
- Bath County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Culpeper County1
- Fauquier County1
- Madison County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Louisa County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Hanover County1
- City of Richmond1
- Brunswick County1
- New Kent County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20192021
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.