Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2003
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, May 2003
16 tornado warnings in May 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 16
- Busiest day
- May 9, 20039 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 7, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 39 min |
| May 7, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 46 min |
| May 8, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Middlesex | 29 min |
| May 8, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 32 min |
| May 8, 3:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 14 min |
| May 8, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 16 min |
| May 9, 1:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 54 min |
| May 9, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 45 min |
| May 9, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 32 min |
| May 9, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 31 min |
| May 9, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Powhatan | 31 min |
| May 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie | 38 min |
| May 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex | 38 min |
| May 9, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 47 min |
| May 9, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 24 min |
| May 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gloucester County2
- Amelia County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Greensville County2
- Fauquier County1
- Prince William County1
- Stafford County1
- Essex County1
- King and Queen County1
- Middlesex County1
- Henrico County1
- Augusta County1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Albemarle County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Cumberland County1
- Buckingham County1
- Powhatan County1
- Sussex County1
- Halifax County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Southampton County1
- Brunswick County1
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.