Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2017
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, April 2017
11 tornado warnings in April 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 April 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 11
- Busiest day
- April 22, 20178 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County4
- Brunswick County3
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Lunenburg County2
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Fairfax County1
- Loudoun County1
- Prince William County1
- Northumberland County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Greensville County1
- City of Emporia1
- Frederick County1
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.