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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2006

37 tornado warnings in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
37
Busiest month
May9 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 11, 20068 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
Jan 11, 5:17 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQSussex28 min
Jan 11, 5:44 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQSurry31 min
Jan 11, 6:19 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQJames City, York, City of Williamsburg23 min
Jan 14, 1:48 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, New Kent42 min
Jan 14, 2:04 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William41 min
Jan 14, 2:20 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond35 min
Jan 14, 3:05 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth25 min
Jan 14, 3:35 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach25 min
Apr 7, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee66 min
Apr 7, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXScott46 min
Apr 7, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXWashington27 min
Apr 7, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXRussell16 min
Apr 13, 4:54 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthampton36 min
Apr 25, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXScott23 min
May 11, 4:38 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQFluvanna28 min
May 11, 4:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLouisa47 min
May 11, 5:25 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania50 min
May 11, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania, Stafford41 min
May 11, 6:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania29 min
May 11, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George, Stafford31 min
May 11, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXStafford28 min
May 11, 6:37 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHenrico, New Kent23 min
May 14, 12:47 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline43 min
Jun 26, 4:08 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHenry, City of Martinsville37 min
Jun 26, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex27 min
Jun 27, 4:13 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William28 min
Jun 27, 4:34 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex41 min
Aug 11, 3:03 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Portsmouth27 min
Aug 11, 3:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton42 min
Sep 28, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHanover, Henrico37 min
Nov 16, 11:45 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQDinwiddie30 min
Nov 16, 11:58 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQGreensville, Sussex32 min
Nov 16, 12:31 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQHanover, Henrico, King William29 min
Nov 16, 12:31 PM ESTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg13 min
Nov 16, 12:40 PM ESTTornado WarningLWXStafford18 min
Nov 16, 12:55 PM ESTTornado WarningLWXPrince William22 min
Nov 16, 2:02 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Prince George28 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. May 11, 20068tornado warnings
  2. November 16, 20067tornado warnings
  3. January 14, 20065tornado warnings
  4. January 11, 20063tornado warnings
  5. April 7, 20062tornado warnings
  6. April 8, 20062tornado warnings
  7. June 26, 20062tornado warnings
  8. June 27, 20062tornado warnings
  9. August 11, 20062tornado warnings
  10. April 13, 20061tornado warnings
  11. April 25, 20061tornado warnings
  12. May 14, 20061tornado 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.