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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2003

47 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
47
Busiest month
May16 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 9, 20039 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 22, 12:49 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQMecklenburg41 min
Feb 22, 2:14 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk31 min
Feb 22, 3:07 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach33 min
Mar 29, 5:17 PM ESTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania43 min
Mar 29, 5:31 PM ESTTornado WarningLWXStafford59 min
May 7, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier39 min
May 7, 5:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXPrince William, Stafford46 min
May 8, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, Middlesex29 min
May 8, 3:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester32 min
May 8, 3:51 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester14 min
May 8, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHenrico16 min
May 9, 1:36 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAugusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro54 min
May 9, 2:15 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville45 min
May 9, 2:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCumberland32 min
May 9, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBuckingham31 min
May 9, 3:09 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Powhatan31 min
May 9, 3:37 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Dinwiddie38 min
May 9, 4:12 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQDinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex38 min
May 9, 4:28 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHalifax, Pittsylvania47 min
May 9, 4:51 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton24 min
May 31, 6:17 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville28 min
Jun 8, 7:44 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCarroll31 min
Jun 14, 4:02 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax28 min
Jul 2, 8:39 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Suffolk31 min
Jul 9, 2:18 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXLoudoun57 min
Jul 9, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church61 min
Jul 10, 5:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper64 min
Jul 10, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper61 min
Jul 10, 7:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXStafford53 min
Jul 10, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg63 min
Jul 10, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George65 min
Jul 22, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHanover, King William, New Kent30 min
Aug 5, 8:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXPrince William, Stafford46 min
Aug 8, 3:21 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach9 min
Aug 16, 7:15 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthumberland20 min
Aug 26, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George30 min
Aug 26, 7:03 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQWestmoreland32 min
Aug 26, 7:19 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQRichmond31 min
Sep 2, 3:44 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXStafford46 min
Sep 2, 4:14 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George46 min
Sep 4, 2:50 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield30 min
Sep 18, 6:12 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Norfolk28 min
Sep 18, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Emporia31 min
Sep 23, 6:09 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQHanover, Henrico, City of Richmond31 min
Sep 23, 6:25 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQKing William30 min
Sep 23, 6:40 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen30 min
Sep 23, 7:18 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthumberland, Richmond27 min

By county

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

7 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 9, 20039tornado warnings
  2. July 10, 20035tornado warnings
  3. May 8, 20034tornado warnings
  4. September 23, 20034tornado warnings
  5. February 22, 20033tornado warnings
  6. August 26, 20033tornado warnings
  7. March 29, 20032tornado warnings
  8. May 7, 20032tornado warnings
  9. July 9, 20032tornado warnings
  10. September 2, 20032tornado warnings
  11. September 18, 20032tornado warnings
  12. May 31, 20031tornado 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.