Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2014
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, May 2014
11 tornado warnings in May 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 May 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 11
- Busiest day
- May 22, 201410 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 3:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 26 min |
| May 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 31 min |
| May 22, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Richmond | 29 min |
| May 22, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 30 min |
| May 22, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 1 more | 31 min |
| May 22, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, Lancaster, Richmond | 30 min |
| May 22, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex | 34 min |
| May 22, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 31 min |
| May 22, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex, New Kent, City of Williamsburg | 33 min |
| May 22, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 46 min |
| May 22, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Essex County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Southampton County3
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Henrico County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- Richmond County2
- Prince George County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Middlesex County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Suffolk2
- Fauquier County1
- Loudoun County1
- King George County1
- City of Richmond1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- Lancaster County1
- Gloucester County1
- New Kent County1
- City of Williamsburg1
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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.