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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2002

33 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
33
Busiest month
November11 tornado warnings
Busiest day
November 11, 200210 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
Apr 28, 3:06 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee24 min
Apr 28, 4:38 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXRockingham, Shenandoah22 min
Apr 28, 4:47 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg28 min
Apr 28, 5:48 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock27 min
Apr 28, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHalifax, Pittsylvania26 min
Apr 28, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas32 min
Apr 28, 6:27 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax33 min
May 2, 3:34 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHalifax26 min
May 2, 3:45 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Nottoway15 min
May 2, 3:49 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQMecklenburg31 min
May 2, 4:20 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg40 min
May 2, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Prince George19 min
May 2, 4:45 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKFranklin, Henry15 min
Jun 4, 6:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Rockingham29 min
Jun 4, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville44 min
Jun 6, 2:50 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Orange40 min
Jun 6, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier44 min
Jun 6, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXOrange45 min
Jun 13, 5:39 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXOrange36 min
Jun 13, 5:54 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania36 min
Sep 27, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Prince William25 min
Sep 27, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier, Prince William, Stafford, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park33 min
Nov 10, 5:30 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXLee, Scott45 min
Nov 10, 7:39 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXLee51 min
Nov 10, 8:28 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXLee, Scott62 min
Nov 10, 10:41 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXLee49 min
Nov 10, 10:46 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXScott44 min
Nov 10, 11:35 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXLee, Scott25 min
Nov 10, 11:43 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXRussell47 min
Nov 10, 11:58 PM ESTTornado WarningMRXScott47 min
Nov 11, 5:29 AM ESTTornado WarningLWXFauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park31 min
Nov 11, 5:54 AM ESTTornado WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church36 min
Nov 11, 8:26 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover29 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. November 11, 200210tornado warnings
  2. April 28, 20027tornado warnings
  3. May 2, 20026tornado warnings
  4. June 6, 20023tornado warnings
  5. June 4, 20022tornado warnings
  6. June 13, 20022tornado warnings
  7. September 27, 20022tornado warnings
  8. November 10, 20021tornado warnings

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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.