Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, July 2008
8 tornado warnings in July 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 July 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 8
- Busiest day
- July 27, 20083 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 20 min |
| Jul 23, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dinwiddie County2
- Richmond County2
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Louisa County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- Rappahannock County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Loudoun County1
- Prince William County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Essex County1
- Lancaster County1
- Northumberland 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.