Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2010
63 tornado warnings in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 63
- Busiest month
- October25 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 27, 201019 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 9:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 10:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 10:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 53 min |
| Apr 8, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Pittsylvania | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 9:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 10:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Stafford | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | York | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, City of Richmond | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King William | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William, New Kent | 25 min |
| Sep 30, 12:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 42 min |
| Sep 30, 12:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 34 min |
| Sep 30, 12:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 27 min |
| Sep 30, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson | 31 min |
| Sep 30, 3:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 25 min |
| Sep 30, 4:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 30 min |
| Sep 30, 4:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| Sep 30, 5:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| Sep 30, 5:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mathews | 18 min |
| Sep 30, 6:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 25 min |
| Sep 30, 7:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 13 min |
| Sep 30, 8:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mathews, Middlesex | 18 min |
| Sep 30, 9:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 24 min |
| Sep 30, 9:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 16 min |
| Oct 26, 11:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 48 min |
| Oct 27, 12:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 44 min |
| Oct 27, 2:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 3:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 36 min |
| Oct 27, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 23 min |
| Oct 27, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 36 min |
| Oct 27, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Westmoreland | 42 min |
| Oct 27, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, City of Richmond | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 29 min |
| Oct 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Oct 27, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland | 15 min |
| Oct 27, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania | 40 min |
| Oct 27, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 21 min |
| Oct 27, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 54 min |
| Oct 27, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 60 min |
| Oct 27, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 53 min |
| Oct 27, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 9:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 51 min |
| Oct 27, 10:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 44 min |
| Dec 1, 1:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 42 min |
| Dec 1, 3:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson, City of Charlottesville | 24 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pittsylvania County11
- Henry County10
- City of Chesapeake10
- City of Virginia Beach9
- Halifax County8
- Charlotte County7
- City of Norfolk7
- City of Danville5
- Hanover County5
- Caroline County5
- Mecklenburg County4
- New Kent County4
- Brunswick County3
- Stafford County3
- York County3
- Chesterfield County3
- City of Richmond3
- King George County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- King William County3
- Essex County3
- Lunenburg County2
- Franklin County2
- Henrico County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Suffolk2
- Isle of Wight County2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Amelia County2
- Powhatan County2
- King and Queen County2
- Lancaster County2
- Northumberland County2
- Appomattox County1
- Campbell County1
16 more counties
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.