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Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2025
1,321 special weather statements in 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 1,321
- Busiest month
- July386 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- July 9, 202547 special weather statements
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By month
The alerts
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By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Halifax County45
- Buckingham County38
- Henry County37
- City of Martinsville37
- Botetourt County34
- Amherst County33
- Campbell County33
- Franklin County33
- City of Emporia32
- Wythe County32
- Bedford County32
- Smyth County31
- City of Petersburg31
- Pittsylvania County31
- Roanoke County31
- City of Colonial Heights31
- Greensville County30
- Tazewell County30
- Bath County30
- Rockbridge County30
- City of Roanoke30
- Appomattox County30
- Prince George County29
- City of Danville29
- Charles City County28
- City of Hopewell28
- Alleghany County28
- Montgomery County27
- Patrick County27
- Carroll County26
- City of Salem26
- City of Covington26
- City of Buena Vista26
- Lunenburg County26
- City of Galax25
- Pulaski County25
- Bland County25
- Charlotte County25
- Brunswick County25
- King William County25
76 more counties
- Henrico County25
- Sussex County25
- City of Richmond25
- City of Portsmouth24
- Buchanan County24
- Giles County24
- Essex County24
- Mecklenburg County24
- Dinwiddie County24
- Caroline County24
- City of Franklin23
- City of Lexington23
- Amelia County23
- Goochland County23
- City of Suffolk22
- Grayson County22
- City of Norfolk22
- Craig County22
- Louisa County22
- Hanover County22
- City of Radford21
- Surry County21
- Isle of Wight County21
- Westmoreland County21
- New Kent County21
- Richmond County20
- Prince Edward County20
- Middlesex County19
- King and Queen County19
- Cumberland County19
- Fluvanna County19
- Southampton County18
- York County18
- Dickenson County18
- City of Lynchburg18
- Nottoway County18
- Powhatan County18
- City of Virginia Beach17
- Floyd County17
- James City County16
- City of Chesapeake16
- Washington County16
- Russell County16
- Wise County15
- City of Williamsburg13
- Gloucester County13
- Mathews County13
- Scott County13
- Chesterfield County13
- City of Hampton12
- City of Poquoson12
- City of Bristol12
- City of Newport News12
- City of Norton12
- Northumberland County11
- Lancaster County11
- Northampton County9
- Accomack County8
- Lee County7
- Loudoun County6
- Clarke County5
- City of Winchester4
- Prince William County3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Frederick County3
- Fairfax County2
- City of Fairfax2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Highland County2
- Culpeper County1
- Stafford County1
- Shenandoah County1
- City of Waynesboro1
- King George County1
- Augusta County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.