Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2001
16 tornado warnings in 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 16
- Busiest month
- September9 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- September 24, 20018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Prince William | 14 min |
| May 22, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 25 min |
| May 27, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 9:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | City of Bristol | 29 min |
| Sep 20, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 16 min |
| Sep 24, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 34 min |
| Sep 24, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 37 min |
| Sep 24, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg | 27 min |
| Sep 24, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 30 min |
| Sep 24, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 45 min |
| Sep 24, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 36 min |
| Sep 24, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 37 min |
| Sep 24, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | City of Falls Church | 37 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.