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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 2022

165 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 165
Busiest day: May 27, 202242 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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 1, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	40 min
May 1, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	58 min
May 3, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Roanoke	58 min
May 3, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Grayson, Smyth, Wythe	39 min
May 3, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	44 min
May 3, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell	53 min
May 3, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	35 min
May 3, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Giles, Montgomery	20 min
May 3, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	40 min
May 3, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte	56 min
May 3, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	28 min
May 3, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex	31 min
May 3, 10:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	40 min
May 4, 12:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	20 min
May 4, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Prince George, Surry	31 min
May 4, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, James City	26 min
May 4, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Surry, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	41 min
May 4, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	32 min
May 4, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Spotsylvania	43 min
May 6, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott, Wise	20 min
May 6, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton	32 min
May 6, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton	40 min
May 6, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Washington, City of Bristol	44 min
May 6, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	49 min
May 6, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington, City of Bristol	34 min
May 6, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex	46 min
May 6, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	56 min
May 6, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	37 min
May 6, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, York, City of Hampton and 4 more	50 min
May 6, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	48 min
May 6, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	49 min
May 6, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Smyth	37 min
May 6, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	39 min
May 6, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Wythe	52 min
May 6, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more	46 min
May 6, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	46 min
May 6, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton	29 min
May 6, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Sussex	27 min
May 6, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	44 min
May 6, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pulaski, Wythe	49 min
May 6, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Russell, Washington	34 min
May 6, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent	29 min
May 6, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Montgomery, City of Radford	60 min
May 6, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Patrick	40 min
May 6, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington	65 min
May 6, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax	22 min
May 6, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	65 min
May 6, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	65 min
May 6, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	45 min
May 6, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	24 min
May 6, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania	49 min
May 6, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	46 min
May 6, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	41 min
May 6, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Nelson	47 min
May 6, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	60 min
May 6, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	41 min
May 6, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	31 min
May 6, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro	48 min
May 6, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	62 min
May 6, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	61 min
May 6, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Charlottesville	54 min
May 6, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	37 min
May 6, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	61 min
May 6, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Greene, Orange, City of Charlottesville	52 min
May 6, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 2 more	27 min
May 14, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex	50 min
May 14, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	51 min
May 15, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock	19 min
May 16, 12:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	49 min
May 16, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson and 2 more	43 min
May 16, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	43 min
May 16, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	45 min
May 16, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	60 min
May 16, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	56 min
May 16, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	13 min
May 16, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax and 2 more	41 min
May 16, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 2 more	38 min
May 16, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	24 min
May 16, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	40 min
May 16, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	42 min
May 18, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	44 min
May 19, 3:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	40 min
May 19, 3:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	26 min
May 19, 4:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	23 min
May 19, 4:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	37 min
May 19, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott	31 min
May 19, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	46 min
May 19, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee, Scott	38 min
May 19, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Lee	48 min
May 19, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Lee	52 min
May 19, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Dickenson	46 min
May 19, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Dickenson	25 min
May 19, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MRX	Lee, Scott	38 min
May 19, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	37 min
May 19, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	RLX	Buchanan	25 min
May 19, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Scott, Washington	50 min
May 21, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MRX	Washington	32 min
May 21, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Patrick	59 min
May 21, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	66 min
May 21, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	62 min
May 21, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville	51 min
May 21, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George	45 min
May 21, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick	59 min
May 21, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford	31 min
May 21, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin	24 min
May 21, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, York, City of Newport News	49 min
May 21, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Nelson	39 min
May 21, 9:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Nelson	32 min
May 22, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick, Pulaski, Wythe	39 min
May 22, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Loudoun	40 min
May 22, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun	30 min
May 22, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Loudoun	27 min
May 22, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	50 min
May 22, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	44 min
May 22, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge	44 min
May 22, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson	57 min
May 22, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church	51 min
May 22, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Orange, City of Charlottesville	42 min
May 22, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria	49 min
May 22, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Louisa	42 min
May 22, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun and 10 more	56 min
May 22, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	King George	64 min
May 26, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski	79 min
May 26, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick	64 min
May 26, 10:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	62 min
May 26, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania and 4 more	53 min
May 27, 4:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	30 min
May 27, 6:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	18 min
May 27, 6:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania	42 min
May 27, 7:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	25 min
May 27, 7:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	39 min
May 27, 7:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro	66 min
May 27, 8:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Lynchburg	47 min
May 27, 8:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	42 min
May 27, 9:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte	45 min
May 27, 9:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Nelson, City of Charlottesville	39 min
May 27, 9:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	51 min
May 27, 9:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	47 min
May 27, 9:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	38 min
May 27, 10:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Orange, Spotsylvania	49 min
May 27, 11:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren	25 min
May 27, 11:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	45 min
May 27, 11:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford	47 min
May 27, 11:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church	43 min
May 27, 11:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William and 1 more	40 min
May 27, 12:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex	43 min
May 27, 12:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	41 min
May 27, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent and 1 more	51 min
May 27, 12:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington	46 min
May 27, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, Rockbridge, City of Roanoke	45 min
May 27, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland	49 min
May 27, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	41 min
May 27, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford	34 min
May 27, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Nelson, City of Waynesboro	39 min
May 27, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	30 min
May 27, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	43 min
May 27, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	51 min
May 27, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, Louisa	46 min
May 27, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Powhatan	40 min
May 27, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	44 min
May 27, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	King George	42 min
May 27, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester	52 min
May 27, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline	32 min
May 27, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa	50 min
May 27, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Orange, Spotsylvania	45 min

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Sources

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