Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, April 2008
19 tornado warnings in April 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 April 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 19
- Busiest day
- April 28, 200815 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William, New Kent | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, King and Queen, King William | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 10:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Sussex | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 1 more | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Surry, Sussex | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, Prince George | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 1 more | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | James City, Surry | 13 min |
| Apr 28, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, York, City of Williamsburg | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 17 min |
| Apr 28, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 5:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 37 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Isle of Wight County4
- City of Suffolk4
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Sussex County3
- James City County3
- Caroline County2
- Hanover County2
- Charles City County2
- Prince George County2
- Surry County2
- Gloucester County2
- Northampton County2
- New Kent County1
- Frederick County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Brunswick County1
- Greensville County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Franklin1
- Chesterfield County1
- Henrico County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- York County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex 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.