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Small Craft Advisories in Virginia, May 2026

34 small craft advisories in May 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 small craft advisories reaches back to 2005.

Small Craft Advisories by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Small Craft Advisories: 34
Busiest day: May 29, 20263 small craft advisories

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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	Lasted
May 1, 2:59 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	49 hr
May 1, 3:53 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	16 hr
May 2, 2:01 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	30 hr
May 3, 7:41 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	15 hr
May 3, 7:41 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	70 hr
May 4, 1:29 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	69 hr
May 4, 9:01 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	57 hr
May 5, 10:12 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	18 hr
May 7, 1:18 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	21 hr
May 7, 2:44 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	9 hr
May 8, 2:38 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	37 hr
May 8, 1:22 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	16 hr
May 10, 2:55 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	37 hr
May 10, 3:09 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	49 hr
May 12, 2:39 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	46 hr
May 12, 2:45 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	31 hr
May 14, 12:55 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	41 hr
May 14, 3:03 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	35 hr
May 15, 10:22 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	25 hr
May 16, 1:27 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	27 hr
May 17, 2:32 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	35 hr
May 19, 5:44 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	21 hr
May 19, 2:21 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	33 hr
May 20, 1:24 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	5 days
May 20, 1:27 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	4 days
May 20, 10:25 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	35 min
May 21, 5:40 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	58 hr
May 27, 10:09 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	30 hr
May 28, 1:44 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	28 hr
May 29, 5:25 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	42 hr
May 29, 2:27 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	59 hr
May 29, 4:25 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	4 hr
May 31, 2:04 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX	30 hr
May 31, 2:36 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	58 hr

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Sources

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