Alert archive / Virginia / Shenandoah County
Weather alerts in Shenandoah County, Virginia, 2019
127 weather alerts in 2019, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Shenandoah County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 127
- Warnings
- 41
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- July31 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 21, 20199 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Shenandoah County, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 29 | 20 | 31% | 21 | 81% | 15 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: tornado warnings | 34 | 4 | 88% | 8 | 50% | 5 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings | 694 | 468 | 33% | 1,610 | 81% | 19 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: flash flood warnings | 36 | 16 | 56% | 74 | 96% | 103 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:37 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 56 hr |
| Jan 13, 9:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| Jan 18, 8:31 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 3 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:27 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 41 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 29 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:44 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | 31 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | 57 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:00 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:13 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | LWX | 92 min |
| Jan 31, 3:27 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 27 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 61 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:54 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 34 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:38 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 23 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:47 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 46 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:55 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:32 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:01 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 44 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:28 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 24 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:43 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 19 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 35 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:55 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 35 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | 15 min |
| Mar 22, 4:08 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 3:51 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 16 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:24 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 32 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Apr 19, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 5:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 19 hr |
| May 3, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 42 min |
| May 3, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 3, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 46 min |
| May 3, 4:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 4, 4:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 30 hr |
| May 7, 10:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| May 19, 1:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 39 min |
| May 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 29, 2:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 30, 12:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 17, 2:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 24, 7:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 11:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 12 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 16 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 22 min |
| Jul 5, 5:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 34 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 15 hr |
| Jul 11, 12:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 11, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 3:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:09 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | LWX | 28 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 29 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:05 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 8:49 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 24 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 37 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 5:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 21, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 22, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 37 min |
| Jul 30, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 2:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 1:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 6:41 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 2:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Aug 20, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 26 min |
| Sep 11, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 43 min |
| Sep 11, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 48 min |
| Sep 11, 3:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Sep 11, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 44 min |
| Sep 14, 1:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Oct 14, 4:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 6:59 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | 8 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:15 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:15 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | 30 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:46 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:48 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 24 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Nov 17, 6:46 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 7 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:49 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 6 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 45 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:49 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | 30 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:28 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 15 hr |
| Dec 12, 1:51 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 28 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:59 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 6 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:51 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 37 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:43 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 4 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 29 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 31 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 7 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Squall Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 12 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.