Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, December 2024
12 severe thunderstorm warnings in December 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 December 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 12
- Busiest day
- December 31, 202411 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 60 min |
| Dec 31, 2:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 47 min |
| Dec 31, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Buckingham | 34 min |
| Dec 31, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 49 min |
| Dec 31, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 30 min |
| Dec 31, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 14 min |
| Dec 31, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania | 24 min |
| Dec 31, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania | 24 min |
| Dec 31, 4:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 1 more | 36 min |
| Dec 31, 5:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 23 min |
| Dec 31, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, City of Alexandria | 30 min |
| Dec 31, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spotsylvania County4
- Buckingham County3
- Culpeper County3
- Orange County3
- Prince William County3
- Albemarle County2
- Madison County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Fairfax County2
- King George County2
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Nelson County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Fauquier County1
- Arlington County1
- City of Alexandria1
- Essex County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland 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.