Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2023
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, August 2023
12 tornado warnings in August 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 August 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 12
- Busiest day
- August 7, 20239 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 7, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Wythe | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Augusta, Highland | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Warren | 18 min |
| Aug 7, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, Rockingham, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 13 min |
| Aug 14, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 10:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | City of Bristol | 51 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Augusta County3
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Fauquier County2
- Bland County1
- Smyth County1
- Wythe County1
- Highland County1
- Warren County1
- Albemarle County1
- Nelson County1
- Rockingham County1
- Loudoun County1
- Louisa County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Caroline County1
- Arlington County1
- Fairfax County1
- City of Alexandria1
- Accomack County1
- City of Bristol1
Nearby
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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.