Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2017
43 tornado warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 43
- Busiest month
- May14 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 22, 20178 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, City of Hopewell | 19 min |
| Feb 25, 4:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 23 min |
| Apr 6, 12:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 24 min |
| Apr 6, 1:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William | 19 min |
| Apr 21, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 2:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 27 min |
| May 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | City of Danville | 24 min |
| May 5, 6:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie | 26 min |
| May 5, 7:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, City of Richmond | 32 min |
| May 5, 8:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 28 min |
| May 5, 8:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 34 min |
| May 5, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry | 32 min |
| May 5, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry | 25 min |
| May 5, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | James City, Surry | 19 min |
| May 10, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 38 min |
| May 10, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell | 39 min |
| May 10, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 26 min |
| May 10, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 41 min |
| May 30, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 19 min |
| Jul 6, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Madison | 22 min |
| Jul 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 8 min |
| Jul 6, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 21 min |
| Aug 11, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 3:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 24 min |
| Oct 23, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson | 34 min |
| Oct 23, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 35 min |
| Oct 23, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Chesapeake6
- City of Virginia Beach4
- Halifax County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Brunswick County4
- City of Suffolk3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Charlotte County3
- Frederick County3
- Surry County3
- Campbell County3
- Chesterfield County2
- Henrico County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Portsmouth2
- Prince William County2
- Lunenburg County2
- City of Danville2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Southampton County2
- Henry County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Accomack County2
- Carroll County2
- Grayson County2
- Charles City County1
- New Kent County1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Norfolk1
- Fairfax County1
- Loudoun County1
- Northumberland County1
- Greensville County1
- City of Emporia1
- Amelia County1
- City of Richmond1
- James City County1
- Appomattox County1
- Patrick County1
- Clarke County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.