Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 2020
10 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 10
- Busiest day
- May 24, 20203 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 43 min |
| May 3, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 50 min |
| May 16, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 33 min |
| May 24, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry | 29 min |
| May 24, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 26 min |
| May 24, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 34 min |
| May 28, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe | 38 min |
| May 29, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 25 min |
| May 29, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 24 min |
| May 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henry County3
- City of Martinsville2
- King George County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Amelia County1
- Cumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Franklin County1
- Bland County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Wythe County1
- Loudoun County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Suffolk1
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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.