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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 1998

39 tornado warnings in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
39
Busiest month
April17 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 3, 19988 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 17, 6:45 PM ESTTornado WarningRNKBuckingham50 min
Feb 17, 9:11 PM ESTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg34 min
Mar 20, 3:41 PM ESTTornado WarningRNKHenry, City of Martinsville44 min
Mar 20, 4:03 PM ESTTornado WarningRNKPittsylvania62 min
Apr 1, 2:09 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg31 min
Apr 1, 2:12 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQNottoway33 min
Apr 1, 2:20 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Suffolk35 min
Apr 1, 2:45 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth20 min
Apr 1, 6:50 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover25 min
Apr 1, 7:43 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen32 min
Apr 1, 8:16 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond29 min
Apr 9, 4:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach36 min
Apr 9, 7:04 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth31 min
Apr 9, 7:04 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Suffolk31 min
Apr 16, 7:07 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee48 min
Apr 16, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee65 min
Apr 16, 8:02 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXScott63 min
Apr 16, 8:24 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee46 min
Apr 19, 8:04 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City31 min
Apr 19, 8:09 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNew Kent21 min
Apr 19, 8:57 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, Middlesex18 min
May 7, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKPittsylvania50 min
Jun 2, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHenry, City of Martinsville32 min
Jun 2, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKGiles49 min
Jun 2, 8:54 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick, City of Winchester51 min
Jun 2, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXLoudoun50 min
Jun 2, 10:24 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick, City of Winchester46 min
Jun 3, 4:46 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKWythe34 min
Jun 3, 5:35 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCarroll35 min
Jun 3, 6:57 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXWise48 min
Jun 3, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXScott51 min
Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXWashington50 min
Jun 11, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKMontgomery34 min
Jun 13, 2:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXClarke, Fauquier, Warren51 min
Jun 13, 2:37 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXLoudoun48 min
Jun 13, 2:46 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHalifax34 min
Jun 15, 5:12 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGoochland33 min
Jun 15, 5:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHenrico, City of Richmond32 min
Jun 16, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKFranklin33 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

1 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 3, 19988tornado warnings
  2. April 1, 19985tornado warnings
  3. April 9, 19983tornado warnings
  4. April 20, 19983tornado warnings
  5. June 13, 19983tornado warnings
  6. March 20, 19982tornado warnings
  7. April 2, 19982tornado warnings
  8. April 16, 19982tornado warnings
  9. April 17, 19982tornado warnings
  10. June 2, 19982tornado warnings
  11. June 15, 19982tornado warnings
  12. February 17, 19981tornado 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.