Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2018
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, April 2018
10 tornado warnings in April 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 April 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 10
- Busiest day
- April 15, 20185 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 15, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Pittsylvania | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 13 min |
| Apr 15, 9:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 10:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 10:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Powhatan | 21 min |
| Apr 15, 11:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 17 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Nottoway County3
- Pittsylvania County2
- Bedford County2
- Campbell County2
- Augusta County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Amelia County2
- Chesterfield County2
- City of Danville1
- Amherst County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Nelson County1
- Buckingham County1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Goochland County1
- Powhatan County1
- Brunswick County1
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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.