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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2015

24 tornado warnings in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
24
Busiest month
June18 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 27, 20156 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
Jun 18, 8:50 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond25 min
Jun 18, 9:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond31 min
Jun 18, 9:37 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLancaster, Middlesex38 min
Jun 20, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGoochland, Hanover21 min
Jun 20, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier, Loudoun, Prince William25 min
Jun 20, 7:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park28 min
Jun 20, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXLoudoun25 min
Jun 20, 7:49 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Spotsylvania, Stafford26 min
Jun 20, 8:13 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Westmoreland25 min
Jun 20, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George26 min
Jun 20, 8:21 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax24 min
Jun 20, 8:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Prince William, Stafford1 min
Jun 27, 2:11 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach34 min
Jun 27, 3:23 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, Henrico, King William37 min
Jun 27, 3:39 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXStafford13 min
Jun 27, 3:40 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Essex35 min
Jun 27, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, King William, Richmond35 min
Jun 27, 3:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George31 min
Aug 4, 6:33 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAccomack27 min
Aug 4, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAccomack32 min
Aug 4, 8:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAccomack46 min
Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent27 min
Sep 12, 10:05 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex25 min
Sep 12, 10:26 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQLancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland34 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 27, 20156tornado warnings
  2. June 20, 20155tornado warnings
  3. June 21, 20154tornado warnings
  4. June 19, 20153tornado warnings
  5. August 4, 20152tornado warnings
  6. September 12, 20152tornado warnings
  7. August 5, 20151tornado warnings
  8. August 11, 20151tornado 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.