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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2014

43 tornado warnings in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
43
Busiest month
July12 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 22, 201410 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
Jan 11, 3:03 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQSurry, Sussex27 min
Jan 11, 3:37 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 1 more23 min
Feb 21, 12:02 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond, Westmoreland28 min
Feb 21, 12:04 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex26 min
Apr 25, 4:09 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan36 min
Apr 25, 5:54 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk36 min
Apr 28, 3:05 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee, Scott40 min
Apr 28, 3:46 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee, Russell, Scott, Washington44 min
Apr 30, 12:19 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville26 min
Apr 30, 12:43 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGreensville, Sussex32 min
May 16, 3:34 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier, Loudoun26 min
May 22, 4:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George31 min
May 22, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Richmond29 min
May 22, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond, Westmoreland30 min
May 22, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 1 more31 min
May 22, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Lancaster, Richmond30 min
May 22, 5:56 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex34 min
May 22, 5:59 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex31 min
May 22, 6:27 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex, New Kent, City of Williamsburg33 min
May 22, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk46 min
May 22, 7:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk31 min
Jun 11, 1:52 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXNelson23 min
Jun 11, 3:18 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, Nelson27 min
Jun 11, 3:22 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBuckingham23 min
Jun 11, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick36 min
Jun 21, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBuckingham34 min
Jun 21, 5:57 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKAppomattox, Buckingham33 min
Jul 2, 7:47 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAugusta, Rockingham28 min
Jul 4, 1:02 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach28 min
Jul 4, 1:32 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach28 min
Jul 13, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick26 min
Jul 24, 8:20 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthampton40 min
Jul 24, 4:02 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan28 min
Jul 24, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHalifax, Pittsylvania36 min
Jul 24, 4:40 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield35 min
Jul 24, 5:22 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQPrince George, City of Petersburg23 min
Jul 27, 4:38 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee, Scott, Wise52 min
Jul 27, 5:25 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXScott, Washington, City of Bristol50 min
Jul 27, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXWashington, City of Bristol51 min
Aug 12, 2:30 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, Middlesex21 min
Aug 12, 6:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXPage, Shenandoah, Warren16 min
Oct 15, 6:21 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, Warren24 min
Oct 15, 12:25 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria13 min

By county

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

22 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 22, 201410tornado warnings
  2. July 24, 20145tornado warnings
  3. June 11, 20144tornado warnings
  4. July 27, 20143tornado warnings
  5. January 11, 20142tornado warnings
  6. February 21, 20142tornado warnings
  7. April 25, 20142tornado warnings
  8. April 28, 20142tornado warnings
  9. April 30, 20142tornado warnings
  10. June 21, 20142tornado warnings
  11. July 4, 20142tornado warnings
  12. August 12, 20142tornado warnings

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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.