Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 1997
13 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- June7 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 18, 19975 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 1:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 33 min |
| Jul 30, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 32 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
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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.