Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2020
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, August 2020
40 tornado warnings in August 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 40
- Busiest day
- August 4, 202029 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Rockbridge | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 2:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Orange | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 21 min |
| Aug 4, 12:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 12:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 12:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 1:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 1 more | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 2:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Suffolk | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 2:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 2:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 2:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 2:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 2:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 2:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 2:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 3:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 3:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 3:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 3:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, Surry | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 3:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 4:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 4:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, New Kent | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 4:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 4:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 1 more | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 4:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 4:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, York | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 5:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 5:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 5:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 5:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 6:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 22 min |
| Aug 4, 7:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Rockingham | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 4:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 7 min |
| Aug 31, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Suffolk11
- City of Chesapeake6
- Southampton County5
- Isle of Wight County5
- James City County4
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- York County3
- Gloucester County3
- Northumberland County3
- Charles City County3
- New Kent County3
- Albemarle County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Botetourt County2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Sussex County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Richmond County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Rockbridge County1
- Orange County1
- King George County1
- Greensville County1
- City of Franklin1
- Surry County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Essex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Accomack County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick 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.