Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 1993
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, August 1993
14 tornado warnings in August 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 August 1993. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 14
- Busiest day
- August 6, 199314 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex | 65 min |
| Aug 6, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | King William, New Kent | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | King and Queen | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Surry | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | James City | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 2:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 3:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 65 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Southampton County2
- City of Hampton2
- Chesterfield County1
- Charles City County1
- Prince George County1
- Henrico County1
- Greensville County1
- Sussex County1
- King William County1
- New Kent County1
- King and Queen County1
- Surry County1
- York County1
- James City County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Suffolk1
- Gloucester County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Virginia Beach1
Nearby
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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. Rebuilt daily.