Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, May 2023
33 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 33
- Busiest day
- May 16, 202325 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| May 9, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 29 min |
| May 13, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Powhatan | 43 min |
| May 13, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| May 13, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| May 16, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 25 min |
| May 16, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell, Wythe | 48 min |
| May 16, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 52 min |
| May 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 58 min |
| May 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 27 min |
| May 16, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Wise | 24 min |
| May 16, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise | 36 min |
| May 16, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski | 48 min |
| May 16, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 58 min |
| May 16, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 38 min |
| May 16, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 41 min |
| May 16, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 53 min |
| May 16, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 50 min |
| May 16, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 28 min |
| May 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 33 min |
| May 16, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 38 min |
| May 16, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 57 min |
| May 16, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 41 min |
| May 16, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Pulaski, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 53 min |
| May 16, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, City of Martinsville | 48 min |
| May 16, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 53 min |
| May 16, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania | 64 min |
| May 16, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Montgomery, Patrick and 2 more | 35 min |
| May 16, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 65 min |
| May 16, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 65 min |
| May 16, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 60 min |
| May 16, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 51 min |
| May 16, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, City of Richmond | 43 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County7
- Pittsylvania County7
- Halifax County5
- Brunswick County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Franklin County4
- Henry County4
- City of Danville4
- Wise County3
- Tazewell County3
- Scott County3
- Carroll County3
- Pulaski County3
- Buchanan County3
- Russell County3
- Washington County3
- Patrick County3
- Chesterfield County2
- Bland County2
- Wythe County2
- Dickenson County2
- Floyd County2
- Montgomery County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Martinsville2
- Charlotte County2
- Amelia County1
- Cumberland County1
- Powhatan County1
- City of Norton1
- Lee County1
- Smyth County1
- Grayson County1
- City of Galax1
- Campbell County1
- Charles City County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- New Kent County1
- City of Richmond1
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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.