Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2004
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, September 2004
94 tornado warnings in September 2004. 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 September 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 94
- Busiest day
- September 17, 200464 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 10:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 12 min |
| Sep 8, 10:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 15 min |
| Sep 8, 1:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 2:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 56 min |
| Sep 8, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | King William | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 22 min |
| Sep 8, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 22 min |
| Sep 8, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Stafford | 62 min |
| Sep 8, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 62 min |
| Sep 8, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 5:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Nottoway | 22 min |
| Sep 8, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 15 min |
| Sep 8, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Orange | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield | 16 min |
| Sep 8, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Powhatan | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 6:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 42 min |
| Sep 8, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 8:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 10:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Patrick | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 11:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 12:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, City of Martinsville | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 12:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 12:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 25 min |
| Sep 17, 12:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 1:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 25 min |
| Sep 17, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte | 31 min |
| Sep 17, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell, Pittsylvania | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 21 min |
| Sep 17, 2:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Nelson | 44 min |
| Sep 17, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 53 min |
| Sep 17, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Madison, Rappahannock | 63 min |
| Sep 17, 3:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Orange | 41 min |
| Sep 17, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 14 min |
| Sep 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Nottoway | 22 min |
| Sep 17, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Warren | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 65 min |
| Sep 17, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 19 min |
| Sep 17, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Greene | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Madison | 54 min |
| Sep 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 4:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 55 min |
| Sep 17, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 17 min |
| Sep 17, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 59 min |
| Sep 17, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 12 min |
| Sep 17, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Page | 39 min |
| Sep 17, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 22 min |
| Sep 17, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Henrico, Powhatan | 15 min |
| Sep 17, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 62 min |
| Sep 17, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Prince Edward | 41 min |
| Sep 17, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Stafford | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Orange | 31 min |
| Sep 17, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Greene | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, New Kent | 33 min |
| Sep 17, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 52 min |
| Sep 17, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 16 min |
| Sep 17, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 65 min |
| Sep 17, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 55 min |
| Sep 17, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 56 min |
| Sep 17, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 25 min |
| Sep 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 16 min |
| Sep 17, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 24 min |
| Sep 17, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 66 min |
| Sep 17, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 64 min |
| Sep 17, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 16 min |
| Sep 17, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 26 min |
| Sep 17, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 10:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 16 min |
| Sep 28, 12:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 16 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hanover County7
- Chesterfield County7
- Amelia County6
- Henrico County6
- Fauquier County5
- Prince William County4
- Franklin County4
- Dinwiddie County3
- Fairfax County3
- City of Fairfax3
- Caroline County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Orange County3
- Henry County3
- City of Martinsville3
- Prince Edward County3
- Culpeper County3
- Frederick County3
- Greensville County2
- City of Emporia2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Falls Church2
- King George County2
- Clarke County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- City of Richmond2
- Appomattox County2
- Campbell County2
- Buckingham County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Madison County2
- Greene County2
- City of Winchester2
- Loudoun County2
- Southampton County1
- King William County1
29 more counties
- Fluvanna County1
- Louisa County1
- Patrick County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Halifax County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Charlotte County1
- Nelson County1
- Albemarle County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Rappahannock County1
- Warren County1
- Page County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Goochland County1
- Cumberland County1
- New Kent County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- Gloucester County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- Middlesex County1
- City of Norfolk1
- Lancaster County1
- City of Suffolk1
- Isle of Wight County1
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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.