Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 2022
86 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2022. 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 August 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 86
- Busiest day
- August 10, 202232 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Virginia Beach | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex, City of Petersburg | 20 min |
| Aug 4, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Orange | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison | 16 min |
| Aug 5, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Powhatan | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Norton | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan and 1 more | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Pulaski, Wythe | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Franklin, Henry and 2 more | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, New Kent | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, King and Queen, Middlesex | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 14 min |
| Aug 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan and 1 more | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George and 5 more | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, City of Hopewell | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Covington | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge | 21 min |
| Aug 14, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Pulaski, Wythe | 63 min |
| Aug 22, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 19 min |
| Aug 26, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock, Stafford | 48 min |
| Aug 30, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford, City of Manassas | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, King George, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania and 2 more | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County8
- Goochland County7
- Prince William County6
- Fauquier County6
- Chesterfield County6
- Clarke County5
- Sussex County5
- Culpeper County5
- Pittsylvania County5
- Powhatan County5
- Hanover County5
- Louisa County5
- Scott County5
- Henrico County5
- Loudoun County4
- Madison County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Prince George County4
- Orange County4
- Washington County4
- Bedford County4
- Botetourt County4
- Franklin County4
- Carroll County4
- Floyd County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Stafford County4
- King and Queen County3
- Frederick County3
- Arlington County3
- Accomack County3
- Lee County3
- City of Richmond3
- Russell County3
- City of Bristol3
- Buchanan County3
- Pulaski County3
- Albemarle County3
- Charles City County3
- Middlesex County3
62 more counties
- Rockingham County3
- Southampton County3
- King George County3
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Petersburg2
- Essex County2
- Warren County2
- City of Winchester2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- Rappahannock County2
- City of Manassas2
- Henry County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- Wythe County2
- Nelson County2
- Campbell County2
- New Kent County2
- Gloucester County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- City of Suffolk2
- Greensville County2
- Amelia County2
- City of Hopewell2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Greene County1
- King William County1
- Shenandoah County1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Danville1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Dickenson County1
- City of Salem1
- Montgomery County1
- City of Radford1
- Patrick County1
- Augusta County1
- Amherst County1
- Lancaster County1
- Richmond County1
- Halifax County1
- Mathews County1
- James City County1
- York County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Caroline County1
- Brunswick County1
- Surry County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Franklin1
- Alleghany County1
- City of Covington1
- Bland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
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Sources
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