Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2009
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, April 2009
9 tornado warnings in April 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 9
- Busiest day
- April 20, 20095 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 6, 10:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg | 24 min |
| Apr 20, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex | 27 min |
| Apr 20, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, King and Queen, New Kent | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County3
- Isle of Wight County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- City of Petersburg2
- Charles City County2
- King and Queen County2
- Southampton County1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Suffolk1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- Gloucester County1
- Lancaster County1
- Middlesex County1
- James City County1
- New Kent 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.