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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2008

87 tornado warnings in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
87
Busiest month
May26 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 4, 200819 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
Mar 4, 3:56 PM ESTTornado WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, City of Martinsville34 min
Mar 4, 8:22 PM ESTTornado WarningRNKBedford, Campbell, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania23 min
Mar 4, 11:00 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk30 min
Apr 20, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William30 min
Apr 20, 5:41 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHanover, King William, New Kent34 min
Apr 20, 6:16 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, King and Queen, King William33 min
Apr 20, 10:06 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick, Shenandoah39 min
Apr 28, 2:43 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick32 min
Apr 28, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGreensville, Sussex23 min
Apr 28, 3:11 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk34 min
Apr 28, 3:29 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSussex31 min
Apr 28, 3:46 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 1 more29 min
Apr 28, 3:50 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk25 min
Apr 28, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSurry, Sussex30 min
Apr 28, 4:13 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, James City, Prince George32 min
Apr 28, 4:17 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 1 more28 min
Apr 28, 4:17 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQJames City, Surry13 min
Apr 28, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, James City, King and Queen, York, City of Williamsburg36 min
Apr 28, 4:41 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, Mathews, Middlesex19 min
Apr 28, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk17 min
Apr 28, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthampton35 min
Apr 28, 5:53 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthampton37 min
May 8, 7:38 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Patrick67 min
May 8, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKFranklin, Pittsylvania48 min
May 8, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd, Patrick42 min
May 8, 8:20 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQFluvanna, Louisa55 min
May 8, 8:20 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKPatrick40 min
May 8, 8:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, Nelson, City of Charlottesville40 min
May 8, 8:44 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania46 min
May 8, 8:45 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Patrick30 min
May 8, 9:13 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLouisa33 min
May 8, 9:16 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCampbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania59 min
May 8, 9:25 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Pittsylvania50 min
May 8, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHenry, Patrick, City of Martinsville45 min
May 8, 9:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Greene, Rockingham49 min
May 8, 10:02 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford28 min
May 8, 10:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg43 min
May 8, 11:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Prince William, Stafford42 min
May 9, 12:50 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg40 min
May 9, 3:31 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway33 min
May 9, 5:11 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, Lancaster, Middlesex34 min
May 9, 5:24 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William, New Kent36 min
May 11, 11:16 AM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee, Wise29 min
May 11, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKPittsylvania18 min
May 11, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex26 min
May 31, 4:09 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline20 min
May 31, 4:48 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William23 min
May 31, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen17 min
May 31, 10:06 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond39 min
May 31, 10:31 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAccomack, Northampton29 min
Jun 3, 7:48 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax22 min
Jun 3, 7:48 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania27 min
Jun 3, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBedford, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania56 min
Jun 3, 8:25 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield35 min
Jun 3, 8:49 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBedford, Campbell25 min
Jun 3, 8:51 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico24 min
Jun 3, 9:09 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax52 min
Jun 3, 9:15 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Prince George30 min
Jun 3, 9:37 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Prince George23 min
Jun 3, 9:47 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSurry43 min
Jun 4, 2:15 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXClarke, Frederick29 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXClarke, Loudoun29 min
Jun 4, 2:42 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William18 min
Jun 4, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison, Orange27 min
Jun 4, 5:54 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford51 min
Jun 4, 6:23 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg20 min
Jun 4, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison, Orange46 min
Jun 4, 6:47 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison, Page, Rappahannock28 min
Jun 4, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier, Stafford37 min
Jun 4, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford37 min
Jun 4, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford35 min
Jun 16, 4:26 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBland, Giles, Tazewell34 min
Jul 6, 8:54 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGoochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan35 min
Jul 9, 6:17 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQDinwiddie43 min
Jul 9, 7:26 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQPrince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg20 min
Jul 23, 6:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXRappahannock26 min
Jul 23, 7:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park43 min
Jul 27, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond23 min
Jul 27, 4:29 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Richmond46 min
Jul 27, 4:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie32 min
Aug 2, 3:06 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXGreene, Rockingham30 min
Aug 10, 12:14 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXRockingham, Shenandoah46 min
Sep 26, 10:59 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton46 min
Sep 26, 12:05 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin40 min
Sep 26, 1:59 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQPrince George, Surry, Sussex35 min
Sep 30, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, City of Fairfax24 min
Dec 11, 3:44 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach21 min

By county

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

48 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 4, 200819tornado warnings
  2. May 9, 200818tornado warnings
  3. April 28, 200815tornado warnings
  4. April 20, 20083tornado warnings
  5. May 11, 20083tornado warnings
  6. May 31, 20083tornado warnings
  7. July 27, 20083tornado warnings
  8. September 26, 20083tornado warnings
  9. March 5, 20082tornado warnings
  10. May 8, 20082tornado warnings
  11. June 1, 20082tornado warnings
  12. June 3, 20082tornado 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.