Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2019
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, May 2019
13 tornado warnings in May 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 13
- Busiest day
- May 25, 20194 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 11, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 39 min |
| May 11, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 47 min |
| May 12, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell, Halifax | 36 min |
| May 23, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria | 11 min |
| May 25, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Rockingham | 29 min |
| May 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 20 min |
| May 25, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 25 min |
| May 25, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 37 min |
| May 30, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 29 min |
| May 30, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 35 min |
| May 30, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania | 33 min |
| May 31, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 17 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spotsylvania County3
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- Albemarle County2
- Fauquier County2
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Campbell County1
- Halifax County1
- Arlington County1
- City of Alexandria1
- Greene County1
- Rockingham County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Warren County1
- Orange County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Caroline County1
- King George County1
- Henry County1
- City of Martinsville1
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.