Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, August 2024
128 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 128
- Busiest day
- August 3, 202434 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Wise | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 11:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Prince Edward | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Sussex, City of Emporia | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 3 more | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Petersburg | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, York and 1 more | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Orange, Page and 1 more | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock, Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Suffolk | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, City of Petersburg | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun, Prince William | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, King William and 9 more | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Prince Edward | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 63 min |
| Aug 4, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 19 min |
| Aug 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Stafford | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 18 min |
| Aug 18, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William and 2 more | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Westmoreland | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Hanover, Henrico, James City and 4 more | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex and 3 more | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 6 more | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Fairfax | 38 min |
| Aug 29, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Highland | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 38 min |
| Aug 29, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Rockbridge | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Rockbridge | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Rappahannock | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Roanoke | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan | 43 min |
| Aug 29, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 44 min |
| Aug 30, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wythe | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Patrick | 50 min |
| Aug 30, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 37 min |
| Aug 30, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 18 min |
| Aug 30, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 54 min |
| Aug 30, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 58 min |
| Aug 31, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 21 min |
| Aug 31, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, Roanoke | 40 min |
| Aug 31, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 56 min |
| Aug 31, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and 2 more | 54 min |
| Aug 31, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dinwiddie County12
- Loudoun County11
- Fauquier County11
- Prince William County10
- Brunswick County9
- Sussex County9
- Prince George County9
- Mecklenburg County8
- Surry County8
- Fairfax County8
- Frederick County7
- Bedford County7
- Halifax County7
- Pittsylvania County7
- Lunenburg County7
- Chesterfield County7
- Lee County6
- Campbell County6
- Charles City County6
- Stafford County6
- Grayson County5
- Montgomery County5
- Charlotte County5
- Greensville County5
- Henrico County5
- City of Petersburg5
- Clarke County5
- Rockbridge County5
- Culpeper County5
- Essex County5
- Botetourt County5
- Roanoke County5
- New Kent County4
- Southampton County4
- James City County4
- Albemarle County4
- Augusta County4
- Orange County4
- Rockingham County4
- King and Queen County4
80 more counties
- King William County4
- Middlesex County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- City of Fairfax4
- Caroline County4
- Hanover County4
- Craig County4
- Nelson County4
- Franklin County4
- Carroll County4
- City of Winchester3
- Wise County3
- Scott County3
- Smyth County3
- Appomattox County3
- Cumberland County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Nottoway County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Richmond3
- York County3
- City of Williamsburg3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Lexington3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Goochland County3
- Lancaster County3
- Westmoreland County3
- King George County3
- City of Manassas3
- Pulaski County3
- Floyd County3
- City of Norton2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Amelia County2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Hopewell2
- Rappahannock County2
- Warren County2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Danville2
- Gloucester County2
- Mathews County2
- Arlington County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- Powhatan County2
- Highland County2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Alleghany County2
- Amherst County2
- Wythe County2
- Henry County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Giles County2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Shenandoah County2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Washington County1
- Buchanan County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Page County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Louisa County1
- City of Newport News1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Franklin1
- Accomack County1
- Northampton County1
- Patrick County1
- City of Galax1
- Tazewell County1
- Bland County1
- City of Staunton1
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