Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, January 2024
21 severe thunderstorm warnings in January 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 January 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 21
- Busiest day
- January 9, 202413 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 51 min |
| Jan 9, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 66 min |
| Jan 9, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Jan 9, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jan 9, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 52 min |
| Jan 9, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 63 min |
| Jan 9, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 63 min |
| Jan 9, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 51 min |
| Jan 9, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and 6 more | 65 min |
| Jan 9, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland and 5 more | 67 min |
| Jan 9, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland and 13 more | 47 min |
| Jan 9, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jan 9, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 6 more | 47 min |
| Jan 9, 7:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton | 39 min |
| Jan 9, 7:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton, Surry and 3 more | 47 min |
| Jan 9, 8:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, York, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 2 more | 45 min |
| Jan 9, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Mathews, New Kent and 5 more | 40 min |
| Jan 9, 8:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 2 more | 59 min |
| Jan 9, 8:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 61 min |
| Jan 9, 9:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 43 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pittsylvania County6
- Halifax County5
- Amelia County5
- Nottoway County4
- Goochland County4
- Powhatan County4
- King and Queen County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Charles City County4
- Southampton County4
- Henry County3
- City of Danville3
- Charlotte County3
- Cumberland County3
- Louisa County3
- Chesterfield County3
- King William County3
- New Kent County3
- Prince George County3
- Greensville County3
- Sussex County3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Bedford County2
- Campbell County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Caroline County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- City of Richmond2
- Brunswick County2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Emporia2
- Gloucester County2
- James City County2
- Surry County2
- York County2
23 more counties
- City of Hampton2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Norfolk2
- Patrick County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Franklin County1
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Fluvanna County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Petersburg1
- Essex County1
- Lancaster County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Franklin1
- Mathews County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- City of Portsmouth1
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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.