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Special Weather Statements in Virginia, May 2025

202 special weather statements in May 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 May 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Special Weather Statements: 202
Busiest day: May 5, 202527 special weather statements

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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
May 1, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Middlesex	41 min
May 1, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	33 min
May 1, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Westmoreland	39 min
May 1, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	31 min
May 2, 2:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Giles, Pulaski, Smyth, Wythe	54 min
May 2, 3:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	64 min
May 2, 4:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	25 min
May 2, 5:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	32 min
May 2, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	36 min
May 2, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	36 min
May 2, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	31 min
May 2, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	29 min
May 2, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	26 min
May 2, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	28 min
May 2, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	32 min
May 2, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	30 min
May 2, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	25 min
May 2, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	37 min
May 2, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	35 min
May 3, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	25 min
May 3, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Patrick	32 min
May 3, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge	33 min
May 3, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	31 min
May 3, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	25 min
May 3, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	33 min
May 3, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Lexington	47 min
May 3, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Bedford	23 min
May 3, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	55 min
May 3, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, City of Buena Vista	58 min
May 3, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Lynchburg	63 min
May 4, 2:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	58 min
May 4, 3:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin, City of Roanoke	27 min
May 4, 4:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	42 min
May 4, 6:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	42 min
May 4, 6:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	52 min
May 4, 6:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	35 min
May 4, 7:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Henrico, New Kent	52 min
May 4, 7:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George	48 min
May 4, 8:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	40 min
May 5, 5:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	52 min
May 5, 7:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George	47 min
May 5, 7:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Henrico, King and Queen, New Kent	50 min
May 5, 8:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Richmond	45 min
May 5, 8:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	47 min
May 5, 9:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Spotsylvania	36 min
May 5, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	44 min
May 5, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	50 min
May 5, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	26 min
May 5, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville	43 min
May 5, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	43 min
May 5, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	44 min
May 5, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield	39 min
May 5, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	47 min
May 5, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	42 min
May 5, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	43 min
May 5, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent	40 min
May 5, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	45 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex	40 min
May 5, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, King William	46 min
May 5, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	New Kent	9 min
May 5, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry	48 min
May 5, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Westmoreland	24 min
May 5, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Covington	26 min
May 5, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	35 min
May 5, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Franklin	42 min
May 5, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	36 min
May 5, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	58 min
May 8, 9:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Wise, City of Norton	42 min
May 8, 9:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Wise, City of Norton	33 min
May 8, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	29 min
May 8, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	32 min
May 8, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	28 min
May 8, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	24 min
May 8, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	30 min
May 8, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	37 min
May 8, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	36 min
May 8, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	27 min
May 8, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Wythe	36 min
May 8, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	33 min
May 8, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	25 min
May 8, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	33 min
May 8, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	24 min
May 8, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	36 min
May 8, 8:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	35 min
May 8, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland	46 min
May 8, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	29 min
May 8, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	44 min
May 8, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski	24 min
May 8, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland	46 min
May 8, 9:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	23 min
May 8, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mecklenburg	19 min
May 8, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Westmoreland	46 min
May 8, 11:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen, King William	43 min
May 9, 3:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	49 min
May 9, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Powhatan	40 min
May 9, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	48 min
May 9, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell	47 min
May 13, 1:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk	40 min
May 13, 10:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Richmond	39 min
May 13, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax	86 min
May 13, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	46 min
May 13, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	22 min
May 13, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	47 min
May 13, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	31 min
May 13, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, Roanoke	47 min
May 13, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke, City of Salem	46 min
May 13, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Salem	46 min
May 13, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	48 min
May 13, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	54 min
May 13, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	45 min
May 13, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	54 min
May 13, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	45 min
May 13, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	31 min
May 13, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	30 min
May 13, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	24 min
May 13, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	29 min
May 13, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	24 min
May 13, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	26 min
May 13, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	50 min
May 13, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte	37 min
May 13, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	30 min
May 13, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland	29 min
May 13, 10:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	33 min
May 14, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	49 min
May 14, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	36 min
May 14, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Nottoway	45 min
May 14, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	31 min
May 14, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Petersburg	45 min
May 14, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	46 min
May 14, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City	40 min
May 14, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	51 min
May 14, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	39 min
May 14, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	52 min
May 14, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City	58 min
May 14, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry	47 min
May 14, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex	28 min
May 14, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	40 min
May 14, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight	41 min
May 14, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	38 min
May 15, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Franklin	31 min
May 15, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	35 min
May 15, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	42 min
May 15, 10:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	50 min
May 16, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan	23 min
May 16, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	31 min
May 16, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, City of Buena Vista	16 min
May 16, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	27 min
May 17, 2:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	22 min
May 17, 2:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Giles, Tazewell	31 min
May 17, 2:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan	13 min
May 17, 3:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	12 min
May 17, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, Wythe	10 min
May 17, 4:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline	40 min
May 17, 4:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	10 min
May 17, 5:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	45 min
May 17, 5:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, New Kent	39 min
May 17, 5:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan	38 min
May 17, 5:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover, City of Richmond	43 min
May 20, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Russell, Scott, Wise, City of Norton	51 min
May 20, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Dickenson	32 min
May 20, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	42 min
May 20, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Washington	36 min
May 20, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	31 min
May 20, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Lee	47 min
May 20, 11:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Russell	48 min
May 21, 12:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Washington, City of Bristol	38 min
May 21, 12:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	23 min
May 21, 1:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	31 min
May 21, 2:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	45 min
May 21, 3:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	39 min
May 22, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Richmond	38 min
May 22, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester	45 min
May 22, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews	43 min
May 22, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	40 min
May 29, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery	38 min
May 30, 11:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Buchanan, Dickenson	45 min
May 30, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Radford	83 min
May 30, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	68 min
May 30, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	33 min
May 30, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	16 min
May 30, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	30 min
May 30, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	31 min
May 30, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	52 min
May 30, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King William	35 min
May 30, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews, York, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	48 min
May 30, 9:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	65 min
May 31, 7:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Pulaski	25 min
May 31, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	15 min
May 31, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski, City of Radford	32 min
May 31, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Salem	30 min
May 31, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	33 min
May 31, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	36 min
May 31, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Pulaski	30 min
May 31, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	29 min
May 31, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Pulaski, City of Radford	33 min
May 31, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	30 min
May 31, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George	36 min
May 31, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry	50 min
May 31, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Portsmouth	35 min
May 31, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MRX	Scott	43 min
May 31, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	50 min
May 31, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Norfolk	26 min

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