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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 1999

31 tornado warnings in 1999. 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 1999. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
31
Busiest month
September8 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 23, 19996 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
Jan 23, 3:04 PM ESTTornado WarningRNKHenry, City of Martinsville46 min
Jan 23, 3:28 PM ESTTornado WarningRNKFranklin37 min
Feb 12, 6:07 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQNew Kent13 min
Mar 3, 5:40 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg20 min
Mar 3, 5:49 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico31 min
Mar 3, 6:22 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen33 min
Apr 23, 3:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick, City of Winchester62 min
Apr 23, 4:08 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXClarke32 min
Apr 23, 4:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, City of Fairfax30 min
Apr 23, 6:21 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGoochland19 min
Apr 23, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBedford, City of Lynchburg34 min
Apr 23, 7:46 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCampbell34 min
Apr 23, 8:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHalifax32 min
May 7, 4:03 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee62 min
Jul 24, 2:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania, Stafford48 min
Jul 24, 2:12 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline33 min
Jul 29, 11:49 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKFloyd51 min
Aug 1, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Suffolk34 min
Aug 1, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Suffolk35 min
Aug 1, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake31 min
Aug 11, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQMathews26 min
Aug 11, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQJames City19 min
Sep 4, 1:11 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton, City of Newport News34 min
Sep 4, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Norfolk20 min
Sep 4, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton20 min
Sep 4, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Newport News19 min
Sep 4, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Portsmouth19 min
Sep 16, 1:37 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Surry33 min
Sep 16, 10:10 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake30 min
Sep 29, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKPatrick59 min
Oct 17, 6:40 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake35 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. April 23, 19996tornado warnings
  2. September 4, 19995tornado warnings
  3. March 3, 19993tornado warnings
  4. August 1, 19993tornado warnings
  5. January 23, 19992tornado warnings
  6. July 24, 19992tornado warnings
  7. August 11, 19992tornado warnings
  8. September 16, 19992tornado warnings
  9. February 12, 19991tornado warnings
  10. April 24, 19991tornado warnings
  11. May 7, 19991tornado warnings
  12. July 29, 19991tornado 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.