Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2022
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, May 2022
32 tornado warnings in May 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 May 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 32
- Busiest day
- May 27, 202218 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Franklin County4
- Bedford County4
- Halifax County3
- Henry County3
- Amherst County3
- Goochland County3
- Washington County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Albemarle County2
- Nelson County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Lunenburg County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Appomattox County2
- Campbell County2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Caroline County2
- Hanover County2
- Powhatan County2
- City of Bristol1
- Wythe County1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Augusta County1
- Charlotte County1
- Buchanan County1
- Cumberland County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Fairfax County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Amelia County1
- Essex County1
- Henrico County1
- King George 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.