Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2023

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, March 2023

8 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
8
Busiest day
March 3, 20234 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 4:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXRussell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol38 min
Mar 3, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKSmyth, Tazewell30 min
Mar 3, 6:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGrayson, Smyth, Wythe30 min
Mar 3, 6:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBland, Giles, Pulaski, Wythe32 min
Mar 3, 7:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd, Patrick30 min
Mar 3, 8:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville29 min
Mar 23, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXLoudoun36 min
Mar 25, 5:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWashington, City of Bristol43 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.