Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2022
82 tornado warnings in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 82
- Busiest month
- May32 tornado warnings
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- November 11, 202221 tornado warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 20 min |
| Mar 23, 11:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 20 min |
| Mar 24, 8:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 13 min |
| Mar 31, 1:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, City of Richmond | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 2:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Richmond, Westmoreland | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 8:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 10 min |
| Apr 7, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 24 min |
| May 6, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 39 min |
| May 6, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Washington | 42 min |
| May 6, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wythe | 31 min |
| May 6, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 24 min |
| May 6, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 37 min |
| May 6, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 15 min |
| May 6, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Augusta | 16 min |
| May 6, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 28 min |
| May 6, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax | 28 min |
| May 6, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 20 min |
| May 6, 9:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| May 6, 9:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 11 min |
| May 6, 9:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 23 min |
| May 19, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 24 min |
| May 27, 4:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, City of Martinsville | 35 min |
| May 27, 5:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry | 44 min |
| May 27, 6:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 36 min |
| May 27, 6:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 30 min |
| May 27, 6:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford | 37 min |
| May 27, 7:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 24 min |
| May 27, 7:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford | 30 min |
| May 27, 10:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland | 20 min |
| May 27, 11:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 28 min |
| May 27, 11:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 6 min |
| May 27, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 24 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Nelson | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Goochland, Powhatan | 31 min |
| May 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex | 24 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan | 17 min |
| May 27, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 12:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 12:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Madison, Orange | 20 min |
| Jun 16, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Middlesex | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex | 22 min |
| Jul 16, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Jul 29, 1:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 31 min |
| Sep 12, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 23 min |
| Sep 12, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 23 min |
| Sep 25, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 10 min |
| Nov 11, 11:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 29 min |
| Nov 11, 12:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 32 min |
| Nov 11, 12:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 21 min |
| Nov 11, 12:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie | 35 min |
| Nov 11, 1:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 1:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry | 13 min |
| Nov 11, 1:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 1:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico | 33 min |
| Nov 11, 1:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 19 min |
| Nov 11, 1:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 1:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 35 min |
| Nov 11, 2:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 29 min |
| Nov 11, 2:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 31 min |
| Nov 11, 2:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, King William | 24 min |
| Nov 11, 2:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 29 min |
| Nov 11, 2:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 25 min |
| Nov 11, 2:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, King William, City of Richmond | 17 min |
| Nov 11, 2:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William | 15 min |
| Nov 11, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 32 min |
| Nov 11, 3:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 3:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hanover County12
- Henrico County11
- Franklin County7
- Chesterfield County7
- Caroline County7
- Goochland County7
- Bedford County6
- City of Richmond6
- King William County6
- Mecklenburg County5
- Louisa County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- King and Queen County4
- Fairfax County4
- Henry County4
- Powhatan County4
- Sussex County3
- Essex County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- Halifax County3
- Albemarle County3
- Amherst County3
- Amelia County3
- Lancaster County3
- Middlesex County3
- Brunswick County3
- Surry County2
- Richmond County2
- Washington County2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Nelson County2
- Lunenburg County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Appomattox County2
- Campbell County2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Cumberland County2
- Rockingham County2
- Fluvanna County2
30 more counties
- City of Suffolk2
- Carroll County1
- Patrick County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Southampton County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Arlington County1
- City of Bristol1
- Wythe County1
- Augusta County1
- Charlotte County1
- Buchanan County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward County1
- King George County1
- Page County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Madison County1
- Orange County1
- Mathews County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fauquier County1
- Prince William County1
- Frederick County1
- Botetourt County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- Charles City County1
- Prince George County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.