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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2000
18 tornado warnings in 2000. 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 18
- Busiest month
- July6 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 15, 20004 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 35 min |
| May 19, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Greene | 35 min |
| May 19, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 32 min |
| May 19, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | City of Fairfax | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 2:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mathews | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 40 min |
| Dec 17, 3:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hanover County2
- Loudoun County2
- Campbell County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Charlotte County1
- Greene County1
- Louisa County1
- Clarke County1
- Fauquier County1
- Fairfax County1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- Middlesex County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Charles City County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Virginia Beach1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19992001
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.