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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 1987

12 tornado warnings in 1987. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
12
Busiest month
June7 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 3, 19873 tornado warnings

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 11:23 PM ESTTornado WarningRNKMontgomery7 min
Jun 1, 9:08 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline67 min
Jun 3, 5:37 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHenrico23 min
Jun 3, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline38 min
Jun 3, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQPrince George30 min
Jun 3, 8:06 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Suffolk114 min
Jun 20, 7:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHanover57 min
Jun 23, 5:53 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSussex67 min
Jul 5, 9:39 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBedford, Roanoke26 min
Jul 12, 3:45 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Westmoreland60 min
Jul 12, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Loudoun60 min
Jul 26, 4:34 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLouisa26 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19861988

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. Rebuilt daily.