Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, March 2021
38 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 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 March 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 38
- Busiest day
- March 18, 202112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 39 min |
| Mar 18, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 34 min |
| Mar 18, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 18, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, City of Emporia | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, Prince George, Surry, City of Williamsburg | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 25 min |
| Mar 18, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 11:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 22 min |
| Mar 27, 11:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe, City of Galax | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski and 2 more | 64 min |
| Mar 27, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Patrick | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth, Wythe and 1 more | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick and 4 more | 64 min |
| Mar 27, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 1:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 2:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 2:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 18 min |
| Mar 28, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex, New Kent | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Surry, York, City of Williamsburg | 19 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Scott County7
- Washington County7
- Southampton County5
- Sussex County5
- Surry County5
- Smyth County5
- Grayson County5
- Wythe County5
- Bland County4
- City of Bristol4
- Carroll County4
- Lee County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Tazewell County3
- Prince George County3
- City of Galax3
- Floyd County3
- Patrick County3
- Pulaski County3
- Franklin County3
- York County2
- Northampton County2
- Greensville County2
- City of Emporia2
- Charles City County2
- James City County2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Russell County2
- Montgomery County2
- Gloucester County2
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- Brunswick County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Giles County1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
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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.