Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2025
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, April 2025
29 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2025. 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 April 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 29
- Busiest day
- April 15, 202513 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, Richmond, Westmoreland | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, Richmond, Westmoreland | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Surry, Sussex and 2 more | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 78 min |
| Apr 14, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 18 min |
| Apr 14, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Covington | 55 min |
| Apr 14, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 66 min |
| Apr 14, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Goochland, Nottoway, Powhatan and 1 more | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, James City, New Kent and 6 more | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington, Wise | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 48 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County4
- Dinwiddie County3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Chesapeake3
- Rockbridge County3
- Nelson County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Wise County3
- Caroline County2
- Essex County2
- King and Queen County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- Brunswick County2
- Greensville County2
- Southampton County2
- City of Emporia2
- Prince George County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Covington2
- Bath County2
- Amherst County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- Buckingham County2
- Appomattox County2
- Amelia County2
- Powhatan County2
- Henrico County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- Scott County2
- Lee County2
- City of Suffolk2
- King George County1
- Gloucester County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northumberland County1
- City of Virginia Beach1
23 more counties
- City of Lexington1
- Augusta County1
- Albemarle County1
- Botetourt County1
- Bedford County1
- Campbell County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Buchanan County1
- Cumberland County1
- Goochland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward County1
- City of Richmond1
- Charles City County1
- James City County1
- New Kent County1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Norton1
- Russell County1
- Washington County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Franklin1
- Highland 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.