Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, September 2023
88 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 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 September 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 88
- Busiest day
- September 7, 202329 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 31 min |
| Sep 6, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 42 min |
| Sep 6, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 39 min |
| Sep 6, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Warren, City of Winchester | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke | 58 min |
| Sep 7, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, Prince George and 1 more | 20 min |
| Sep 7, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Pulaski | 65 min |
| Sep 7, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, City of Martinsville | 67 min |
| Sep 7, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rappahannock | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rappahannock, Warren | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 58 min |
| Sep 8, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun, Prince William | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 67 min |
| Sep 8, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland | 52 min |
| Sep 8, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Orange | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 53 min |
| Sep 9, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 41 min |
| Sep 9, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 41 min |
| Sep 9, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 64 min |
| Sep 9, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 64 min |
| Sep 9, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 42 min |
| Sep 9, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Westmoreland | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 37 min |
| Sep 9, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun, Prince William | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Orange | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 27 min |
| Sep 9, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Rappahannock | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 16 min |
| Sep 9, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince William | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 41 min |
| Sep 10, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 43 min |
| Sep 10, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Stafford | 50 min |
| Sep 12, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Roanoke | 62 min |
| Sep 12, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 57 min |
| Sep 12, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County17
- Prince William County13
- Fauquier County12
- Warren County9
- Fairfax County9
- Frederick County8
- Shenandoah County7
- Halifax County6
- Clarke County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Franklin County5
- Roanoke County4
- Charlotte County4
- Chesterfield County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Caroline County4
- Southampton County4
- Rockingham County3
- Craig County3
- Bedford County3
- Nottoway County3
- Amelia County3
- Henrico County3
- Henry County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- City of Suffolk3
- Campbell County3
- City of Winchester2
- Montgomery County2
- Botetourt County2
- Washington County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Charles City County2
- New Kent County2
- Prince George County2
- City of Hopewell2
38 more counties
- Carroll County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Page County2
- City of Franklin2
- King George County2
- Appomattox County2
- Buckingham County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Albemarle County2
- Orange County2
- Patrick County2
- Culpeper County2
- Stafford County2
- Alleghany County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Hanover County1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Petersburg1
- Floyd County1
- Pulaski County1
- Amherst County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Cumberland County1
- Goochland County1
- Louisa County1
- City of Danville1
- Giles County1
- Greensville County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Dickenson County1
- City of Manassas1
- Lee 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.