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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2020

51 tornado warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
51
Busiest month
August40 tornado warnings
Busiest day
August 4, 202029 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
Apr 8, 3:37 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCraig, Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke18 min
Apr 13, 5:01 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville29 min
Apr 13, 5:19 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKHenry, Pittsylvania26 min
Apr 13, 5:36 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville24 min
Apr 13, 5:56 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania34 min
Apr 13, 9:48 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, James City, New Kent27 min
Apr 13, 12:14 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXPrince William, Stafford31 min
May 27, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQMecklenburg19 min
Jun 10, 5:39 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee36 min
Aug 1, 6:46 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedRNKBotetourt44 min
Aug 1, 7:22 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBotetourt, Rockbridge38 min
Aug 3, 2:24 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXOrange36 min
Aug 3, 3:24 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXKing George21 min
Aug 4, 12:16 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake29 min
Aug 4, 12:21 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk24 min
Aug 4, 12:49 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach26 min
Aug 4, 1:24 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQYork, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 1 more36 min
Aug 4, 2:18 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Suffolk27 min
Aug 4, 2:21 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatAKQGreensville, Southampton24 min
Aug 4, 2:27 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland33 min
Aug 4, 2:34 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Suffolk26 min
Aug 4, 2:37 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk23 min
Aug 4, 2:45 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk30 min
Aug 4, 2:55 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk35 min
Aug 4, 2:57 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatAKQIsle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk33 min
Aug 4, 3:14 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton, Sussex31 min
Aug 4, 3:25 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk35 min
Aug 4, 3:43 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Suffolk32 min
Aug 4, 3:49 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, James City, Surry26 min
Aug 4, 3:59 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk31 min
Aug 4, 4:08 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk23 min
Aug 4, 4:15 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, James City, New Kent30 min
Aug 4, 4:23 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach37 min
Aug 4, 4:29 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, James City, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 1 more31 min
Aug 4, 4:34 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, New Kent26 min
Aug 4, 4:57 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, York33 min
Aug 4, 5:17 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQLancaster, Mathews, Middlesex28 min
Aug 4, 5:24 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William36 min
Aug 4, 5:42 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Richmond33 min
Aug 4, 5:54 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond, Westmoreland36 min
Aug 4, 6:03 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthumberland22 min
Aug 4, 7:04 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQAccomack26 min
Aug 6, 3:17 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Patrick28 min
Aug 6, 4:09 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Greene, Rockingham36 min
Aug 6, 4:34 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle26 min
Aug 6, 4:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville7 min
Aug 31, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg36 min
Aug 31, 5:13 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg47 min
Aug 31, 6:11 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg49 min
Sep 29, 10:58 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk16 min
Dec 24, 11:29 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk31 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. August 4, 202029tornado warnings
  2. April 13, 20206tornado warnings
  3. August 6, 20204tornado warnings
  4. August 31, 20203tornado warnings
  5. August 1, 20202tornado warnings
  6. August 3, 20202tornado warnings
  7. April 8, 20201tornado warnings
  8. May 27, 20201tornado warnings
  9. June 10, 20201tornado warnings
  10. September 30, 20201tornado warnings
  11. December 25, 20201tornado 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.