Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, September 2026
118 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 118
- Busiest day
- September 4, 202657 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 37 min |
| Sep 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 18 min |
| Sep 2, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 38 min |
| Sep 2, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex | 52 min |
| Sep 2, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Powhatan | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 34 min |
| Sep 3, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham | 19 min |
| Sep 3, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Waynesboro | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 38 min |
| Sep 4, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 20 min |
| Sep 4, 2:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 2:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 26 min |
| Sep 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 29 min |
| Sep 4, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 49 min |
| Sep 4, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Rappahannock | 44 min |
| Sep 4, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison | 44 min |
| Sep 4, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren | 52 min |
| Sep 4, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Shenandoah, Warren | 33 min |
| Sep 4, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock | 26 min |
| Sep 4, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 53 min |
| Sep 4, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 52 min |
| Sep 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page, Rockingham | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Orange | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, Louisa | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 29 min |
| Sep 4, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 32 min |
| Sep 4, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 54 min |
| Sep 4, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Orange | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Highland | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell, Wythe | 56 min |
| Sep 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 38 min |
| Sep 4, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene | 38 min |
| Sep 4, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 20 min |
| Sep 4, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 49 min |
| Sep 4, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson | 35 min |
| Sep 4, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge, City of Covington | 62 min |
| Sep 4, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Powhatan | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry | 63 min |
| Sep 4, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Hopewell | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 38 min |
| Sep 4, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 68 min |
| Sep 4, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa and 1 more | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 2 more | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 10:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 10:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 55 min |
| Sep 5, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 11:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 11:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Washington | 74 min |
| Sep 5, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, Pulaski and 4 more | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 59 min |
| Sep 5, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Sep 11, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 52 min |
| Sep 11, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 33 min |
| Sep 11, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte | 30 min |
| Sep 21, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 51 min |
| Sep 21, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, City of Covington and 2 more | 59 min |
| Sep 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 49 min |
| Sep 21, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 25 min |
| Sep 21, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 35 min |
| Sep 21, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 29 min |
| Sep 21, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 27 min |
| Sep 21, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 63 min |
| Sep 21, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 64 min |
| Sep 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 60 min |
| Sep 21, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 52 min |
| Sep 21, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia | 31 min |
| Sep 21, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Lee | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Orange County10
- Albemarle County9
- Fauquier County8
- Culpeper County7
- Dinwiddie County7
- Sussex County7
- Rockingham County7
- Buchanan County7
- Loudoun County6
- Fluvanna County6
- Prince George County6
- Louisa County6
- Southampton County6
- Fairfax County6
- Rappahannock County5
- Madison County5
- Greene County5
- Greensville County5
- Patrick County5
- Clarke County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Cumberland County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Powhatan County4
- City of Emporia4
- Augusta County4
- Botetourt County4
- Page County4
- Nelson County4
- Tazewell County4
- Henrico County4
- Henry County4
- Lee County4
- City of Hopewell3
- Buckingham County3
- Goochland County3
- Amelia County3
- Brunswick County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Prince William County3
72 more counties
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- Amherst County3
- Appomattox County3
- Campbell County3
- Hanover County3
- Alleghany County3
- City of Suffolk3
- Nottoway County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Dickenson County3
- Scott County3
- Washington County3
- Carroll County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Petersburg2
- Bedford County2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Arlington County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Falls Church2
- Accomack County2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Highland County2
- Bland County2
- Wythe County2
- Bath County2
- Craig County2
- City of Covington2
- Charles City County2
- Surry County2
- Smyth County2
- City of Bristol2
- Floyd County2
- Grayson County2
- Pulaski County2
- City of Galax2
- Franklin County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Halifax County2
- City of Danville2
- King George County1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Fairfax1
- Essex County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Northampton County1
- Frederick County1
- City of Winchester1
- Caroline County1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Chesapeake1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Russell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Montgomery County1
- City of Radford1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Giles 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.