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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2013

25 tornado warnings in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
25
Busiest month
June14 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 10, 20138 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 4:37 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQMecklenburg23 min
Apr 19, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQMecklenburg33 min
Apr 19, 5:23 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg37 min
Apr 19, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia31 min
May 23, 5:05 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, City of Winchester25 min
May 23, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHenry, Patrick31 min
May 23, 7:09 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQYork36 min
Jun 9, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHanover41 min
Jun 10, 4:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick, City of Winchester35 min
Jun 10, 5:22 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Nottoway, Prince Edward38 min
Jun 10, 5:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Nottoway, Prince Edward32 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk26 min
Jun 10, 6:28 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan32 min
Jun 10, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk33 min
Jun 10, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach46 min
Jun 10, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, King and Queen, King William33 min
Jun 13, 2:24 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg36 min
Jun 13, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George29 min
Jun 13, 3:23 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Loudoun37 min
Jun 18, 7:02 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAccomack28 min
Jun 28, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg31 min
Sep 21, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHenry, Pittsylvania29 min
Oct 7, 8:38 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXClarke, Frederick37 min
Oct 7, 9:10 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville35 min
Oct 7, 11:24 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg36 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 10, 20138tornado warnings
  2. April 19, 20134tornado warnings
  3. May 23, 20133tornado warnings
  4. June 13, 20133tornado warnings
  5. October 7, 20133tornado warnings
  6. June 9, 20131tornado warnings
  7. June 18, 20131tornado warnings
  8. June 28, 20131tornado warnings
  9. September 21, 20131tornado warnings

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.