Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, June 2020
106 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 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 June 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 106
- Busiest day
- June 4, 202025 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Roanoke | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, Rockbridge | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Rockingham | 16 min |
| Jun 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange, City of Charlottesville | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange | 16 min |
| Jun 4, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas and 1 more | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Covington, City of Lexington | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex and 1 more | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King William, New Kent | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, Henrico, King William | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex, New Kent | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Stafford | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Suffolk | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Fairfax | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, York | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, James City, New Kent, Prince George and 2 more | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, Louisa | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King William | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 63 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County16
- Fauquier County10
- Prince William County10
- King William County10
- Fairfax County9
- Essex County9
- Caroline County8
- King and Queen County8
- Hanover County8
- Northumberland County7
- New Kent County7
- Surry County7
- Sussex County7
- Rockbridge County6
- Richmond County6
- Middlesex County6
- Henrico County6
- Southampton County6
- Albemarle County5
- Frederick County5
- Spotsylvania County5
- Bedford County4
- Botetourt County4
- Shenandoah County4
- Warren County4
- Culpeper County4
- Madison County4
- Orange County4
- City of Fairfax4
- Westmoreland County4
- Charles City County4
- Gloucester County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- Prince George County4
- Amherst County3
- Augusta County3
- Nelson County3
- Greene County3
- Rockingham County3
- Page County3
60 more counties
- Rappahannock County3
- Arlington County3
- Alleghany County3
- Stafford County3
- James City County3
- Lee County3
- Chesterfield County3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Franklin County2
- Roanoke County2
- Appomattox County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- City of Alexandria2
- Bath County2
- Lancaster County2
- Scott County2
- Louisa County2
- Powhatan County2
- King George County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Hopewell2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Craig County1
- Smyth County1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Bland County1
- Tazewell County1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Covington1
- Mathews County1
- Accomack County1
- Northampton County1
- Brunswick County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Goochland County1
- Pulaski County1
- City of Richmond1
- York County1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- Clarke County1
- Henry County1
- Buckingham County1
- Amelia County1
- Nottoway County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Petersburg1
- Carroll County1
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