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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2018

67 tornado warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
67
Busiest month
September30 tornado warnings
Busiest day
September 17, 201822 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
Jan 12, 9:39 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway36 min
Jan 12, 9:48 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Powhatan27 min
Jan 12, 9:59 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie31 min
Apr 15, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville45 min
Apr 15, 6:23 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania26 min
Apr 15, 7:07 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKAmherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg38 min
Apr 15, 7:29 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLWXAugusta, Nelson46 min
Apr 15, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBuckingham26 min
Apr 15, 8:05 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAugusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro13 min
Apr 15, 9:46 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Nottoway29 min
Apr 15, 10:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway31 min
Apr 15, 10:39 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Powhatan21 min
Apr 15, 11:04 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway17 min
May 13, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper21 min
May 14, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXLoudoun26 min
May 14, 6:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax, Loudoun, City of Fairfax33 min
Jun 22, 3:51 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKAmherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg39 min
Jun 22, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell35 min
Jun 23, 4:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock35 min
Jul 24, 5:54 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXFairfax21 min
Aug 2, 12:36 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford24 min
Aug 2, 12:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford13 min
Aug 2, 8:24 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKGiles36 min
Aug 2, 8:43 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKGiles32 min
Aug 13, 10:04 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAccomack26 min
Sep 9, 11:02 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQYork28 min
Sep 9, 11:13 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach32 min
Sep 14, 10:17 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach28 min
Sep 14, 10:43 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach32 min
Sep 14, 5:48 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville27 min
Sep 14, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg31 min
Sep 16, 4:27 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBedford18 min
Sep 17, 9:58 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward32 min
Sep 17, 10:28 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg32 min
Sep 17, 1:00 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Nottoway30 min
Sep 17, 1:26 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGoochland, Hanover, Louisa20 min
Sep 17, 1:28 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway32 min
Sep 17, 2:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Nottoway, Prince Edward27 min
Sep 17, 2:18 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway27 min
Sep 17, 2:33 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Nottoway27 min
Sep 17, 2:52 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield38 min
Sep 17, 3:11 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg34 min
Sep 17, 3:22 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield23 min
Sep 17, 3:23 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond52 min
Sep 17, 3:32 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan28 min
Sep 17, 3:38 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXStafford22 min
Sep 17, 3:39 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond36 min
Sep 17, 3:48 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, Henrico, King William42 min
Sep 17, 3:48 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia27 min
Sep 17, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Powhatan36 min
Sep 17, 4:14 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond31 min
Sep 17, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax37 min
Sep 17, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond31 min
Sep 17, 5:13 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHanover, Henrico, King William32 min
Sep 17, 10:53 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBuckingham22 min
Oct 11, 3:26 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk34 min
Oct 11, 3:42 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHalifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville48 min
Oct 11, 4:21 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Prince Edward24 min
Oct 11, 5:09 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway36 min
Oct 11, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie28 min
Oct 11, 5:36 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Powhatan13 min
Oct 11, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk15 min
Oct 11, 7:17 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHanover, King William, New Kent28 min
Oct 11, 7:20 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, Mathews, York25 min
Oct 11, 7:22 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, York23 min
Oct 11, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, King and Queen, Middlesex32 min
Oct 11, 7:47 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, King William, New Kent17 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

17 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. September 17, 201822tornado warnings
  2. October 11, 201812tornado warnings
  3. April 15, 20185tornado warnings
  4. April 16, 20185tornado warnings
  5. September 14, 20184tornado warnings
  6. January 13, 20183tornado warnings
  7. May 14, 20182tornado warnings
  8. June 22, 20182tornado warnings
  9. August 2, 20182tornado warnings
  10. August 3, 20182tornado warnings
  11. September 9, 20182tornado warnings
  12. May 13, 20181tornado warnings

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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.