Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2012
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, March 2012
26 tornado warnings in March 2012. 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 March 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 26
- Busiest day
- March 24, 201210 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 7:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 11:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 11:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 12:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 1:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 11:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 12:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 12:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 1:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Norton | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 6:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 7:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 8:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 8:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 9:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 9:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 10:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Floyd, Patrick | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Patrick | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Patrick | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 36 min |
| Mar 24, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 36 min |
| Mar 24, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, City of Martinsville | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell | 25 min |
| Mar 24, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Scott County9
- Lee County6
- Washington County4
- Patrick County4
- Franklin County4
- City of Bristol3
- Bedford County3
- Campbell County3
- Russell County3
- Wise County3
- Grayson County2
- Smyth County2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Norton2
- Henry County2
- Wythe County1
- Tazewell County1
- Appomattox County1
- Floyd County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Amherst 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. Rebuilt daily.