Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, October 2021
15 severe thunderstorm warnings in October 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 October 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 15
- Busiest day
- October 25, 20219 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 31 min |
| Oct 5, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 48 min |
| Oct 5, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland | 38 min |
| Oct 25, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas and 1 more | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 46 min |
| Oct 25, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Orange, City of Charlottesville | 34 min |
| Oct 25, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 66 min |
| Oct 25, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 61 min |
| Oct 25, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 39 min |
| Oct 25, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte | 53 min |
| Oct 25, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Orange, Spotsylvania | 21 min |
| Oct 25, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 37 min |
| Oct 25, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 29 min |
| Oct 25, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 42 min |
| Oct 25, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 61 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Campbell County3
- Charlotte County3
- Halifax County3
- Fairfax County2
- Loudoun County2
- Orange County2
- Appomattox County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- Accomack County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northumberland County1
- Fauquier County1
- Prince William County1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Albemarle County1
- Greene County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Amherst County1
- Bedford County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Nelson County1
- Buckingham County1
- Culpeper County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
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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.