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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 1993

24 tornado warnings in 1993. 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 1993. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
24
Busiest month
August14 tornado warnings
Busiest day
August 6, 199314 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
Apr 16, 10:55 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXPrince William35 min
Apr 16, 8:30 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXLoudoun30 min
Apr 16, 9:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXLoudoun42 min
Apr 16, 9:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier34 min
Jun 4, 5:40 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQMecklenburg50 min
Jun 4, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Dinwiddie52 min
Jun 4, 7:44 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield31 min
Aug 6, 1:35 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield25 min
Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Prince George37 min
Aug 6, 2:00 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHenrico30 min
Aug 6, 2:10 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton, Sussex65 min
Aug 6, 2:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQKing William, New Kent31 min
Aug 6, 2:28 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen47 min
Aug 6, 2:33 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton, Surry57 min
Aug 6, 2:45 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQYork, City of Hampton45 min
Aug 6, 2:45 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQJames City45 min
Aug 6, 2:55 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight50 min
Aug 6, 2:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Suffolk62 min
Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton41 min
Aug 6, 3:06 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester54 min
Aug 6, 3:25 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach65 min
Sep 21, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Spotsylvania32 min
Sep 27, 1:02 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXPrince William28 min
Sep 27, 1:09 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Loudoun36 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 archive19921994

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.