Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, April 2021
43 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2021. 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 April 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 43
- Busiest day
- April 9, 202131 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 54 min |
| Apr 8, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, City of Covington | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Patrick | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 23 min |
| Apr 9, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Patrick | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 26 min |
| Apr 21, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Petersburg | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 36 min |
| Apr 21, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 41 min |
| Apr 21, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria and 4 more | 36 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County7
- City of Chesapeake6
- Brunswick County5
- Franklin County4
- Botetourt County3
- Floyd County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Greensville County3
- Prince George County3
- Alleghany County2
- Campbell County2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Bath County2
- Patrick County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Surry County2
- City of Newport News2
- Lunenburg County2
- Sussex County2
- Accomack County2
- Loudoun County2
- Craig County1
- Bedford County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- City of Covington1
- Charles City County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Emporia1
- King George County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- City of Petersburg1
- Northampton County1
- City of Norfolk1
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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. Rebuilt daily.