Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2017
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, May 2017
14 tornado warnings in May 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 May 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 14
- Busiest day
- May 5, 20175 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Surry County3
- Campbell County3
- Dinwiddie County2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Southampton County2
- Halifax County2
- City of Danville1
- Brunswick County1
- Amelia County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Henrico County1
- City of Richmond1
- James City County1
- Appomattox County1
- Charlotte County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- Clarke County1
- 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.