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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 1995

31 tornado warnings in 1995. 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 1995. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
31
Busiest month
October16 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 8, 19958 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 8, 3:30 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQMecklenburg60 min
Mar 8, 4:05 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQKing William, New Kent55 min
Mar 8, 4:19 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton56 min
Mar 8, 4:37 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond31 min
Mar 8, 4:37 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen31 min
Mar 8, 4:47 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQNottoway43 min
Mar 8, 5:43 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico47 min
Mar 8, 5:59 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQHanover, King William46 min
May 10, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Spotsylvania31 min
May 10, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXOrange16 min
May 10, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXStafford29 min
May 18, 5:38 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXBuchanan52 min
May 18, 5:47 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXWise35 min
Jun 9, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXNelson36 min
Sep 1, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNottoway41 min
Oct 5, 12:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton, Sussex32 min
Oct 5, 2:01 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, James City44 min
Oct 5, 2:01 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen44 min
Oct 5, 2:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLancaster, Richmond42 min
Oct 5, 2:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQMiddlesex19 min
Oct 5, 2:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthumberland54 min
Oct 5, 2:44 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight46 min
Oct 5, 2:44 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Suffolk34 min
Oct 20, 11:09 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick36 min
Oct 27, 5:54 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQMecklenburg51 min
Oct 27, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGoochland, Louisa22 min
Oct 27, 6:40 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg50 min
Oct 27, 6:46 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHanover44 min
Oct 27, 7:44 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Westmoreland46 min
Oct 27, 7:52 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHenrico25 min
Oct 27, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg27 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.

  1. March 8, 19958tornado warnings
  2. October 5, 19958tornado warnings
  3. October 27, 19956tornado warnings
  4. May 10, 19953tornado warnings
  5. May 18, 19952tornado warnings
  6. June 9, 19951tornado warnings
  7. September 1, 19951tornado warnings
  8. October 21, 19951tornado warnings
  9. October 28, 19951tornado warnings

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.