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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2023

27 tornado warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
27
Busiest month
August12 tornado warnings
Busiest day
August 7, 20239 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
Jan 4, 2:36 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton24 min
Apr 22, 12:24 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison20 min
Apr 30, 5:47 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach28 min
May 16, 3:49 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBland, Tazewell13 min
May 16, 5:17 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee, Scott, Wise26 min
May 16, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXBuchanan31 min
May 16, 7:31 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKAlleghany16 min
Jun 11, 8:23 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee37 min
Jun 11, 8:54 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee37 min
Jun 11, 9:25 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton50 min
Jun 16, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk24 min
Jun 16, 4:56 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAKQIsle of Wight, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk17 min
Jul 19, 3:39 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk36 min
Jul 19, 4:05 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach25 min
Aug 7, 2:02 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBland, Smyth, Wythe28 min
Aug 7, 2:45 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAugusta, Highland30 min
Aug 7, 3:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAugusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro31 min
Aug 7, 4:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier, Warren18 min
Aug 7, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Nelson, Rockingham, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro35 min
Aug 7, 4:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier, Loudoun23 min
Aug 7, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLouisa38 min
Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania29 min
Aug 7, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCaroline25 min
Aug 14, 4:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria13 min
Aug 14, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAccomack31 min
Aug 14, 10:09 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXCity of Bristol51 min
Dec 10, 4:08 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville37 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

1 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. August 7, 20239tornado warnings
  2. May 16, 20234tornado warnings
  3. June 12, 20233tornado warnings
  4. June 16, 20232tornado warnings
  5. July 19, 20232tornado warnings
  6. August 14, 20232tornado warnings
  7. January 4, 20231tornado warnings
  8. April 22, 20231tornado warnings
  9. April 30, 20231tornado warnings
  10. August 15, 20231tornado warnings
  11. December 10, 20231tornado 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.