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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 1989

10 tornado warnings in 1989. 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
10
Busiest month
March8 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 30, 19897 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
Feb 21, 1:00 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton60 min
Mar 30, 5:06 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAccomack39 min
Mar 30, 5:20 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk55 min
Mar 30, 5:28 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach62 min
Mar 30, 6:12 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton63 min
Mar 30, 6:12 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach63 min
Mar 30, 6:31 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach44 min
Mar 30, 6:31 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton44 min
Mar 31, 1:48 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George42 min
Apr 29, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton61 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 archive19881990

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.