Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2018
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, October 2018
12 tornado warnings in October 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 October 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 12
- Busiest day
- October 11, 201812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 34 min |
| Oct 11, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 48 min |
| Oct 11, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Prince Edward | 24 min |
| Oct 11, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 36 min |
| Oct 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie | 28 min |
| Oct 11, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan | 13 min |
| Oct 11, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 15 min |
| Oct 11, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William, New Kent | 28 min |
| Oct 11, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, York | 25 min |
| Oct 11, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, York | 23 min |
| Oct 11, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, King and Queen, Middlesex | 32 min |
| Oct 11, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King William, New Kent | 17 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amelia County3
- King William County3
- New Kent County3
- Gloucester County3
- Isle of Wight County2
- City of Suffolk2
- Chesterfield County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Hanover County2
- York County2
- King and Queen County2
- Halifax County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- Lunenburg County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Nottoway County1
- Cumberland County1
- Powhatan County1
- Mathews County1
- James City County1
- Middlesex County1
- Caroline 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.