Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2024
107 tornado warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 107
- Busiest month
- September50 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- September 27, 202427 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 33 min |
| Jan 9, 4:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 24 min |
| Jan 9, 4:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 21 min |
| Jan 9, 5:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 7:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Wise | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Powhatan | 19 min |
| Apr 3, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 3:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, King William | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Northumberland, Richmond | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Richmond | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Surry, Sussex | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 22 min |
| Apr 11, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 23 min |
| Apr 11, 9:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 24 min |
| Apr 12, 12:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 13 min |
| May 17, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 18 min |
| May 26, 2:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Rappahannock | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee | 46 min |
| May 27, 3:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 6:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 6:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax | 17 min |
| Jul 24, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 1:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 1:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Surry | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 22 min |
| Aug 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 17 min |
| Aug 8, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Stafford | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 8:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 18 min |
| Aug 8, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 18 min |
| Aug 8, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun | 19 min |
| Aug 8, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 9:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Powhatan | 10 min |
| Aug 9, 4:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 4:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 17 min |
| Aug 9, 4:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 5:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 21 min |
| Aug 9, 5:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 6:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 6:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 7:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 27 min |
| Sep 24, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 37 min |
| Sep 24, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 7:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 37 min |
| Sep 25, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 39 min |
| Sep 25, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 47 min |
| Sep 25, 9:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 36 min |
| Sep 25, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 11:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 9 min |
| Sep 26, 10:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 32 min |
| Sep 26, 10:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 29 min |
| Sep 27, 11:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 19 min |
| Sep 27, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 12:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 32 min |
| Sep 27, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 35 min |
| Sep 27, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 32 min |
| Sep 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 28 min |
| Sep 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 46 min |
| Sep 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 25 min |
| Sep 27, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 28 min |
| Sep 27, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, York, City of Newport News | 23 min |
| Sep 27, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 27 min |
| Sep 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax | 14 min |
| Sep 29, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 31 min |
| Sep 29, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 23 min |
| Sep 29, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry | 23 min |
| Sep 29, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 33 min |
| Sep 29, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 4:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 26 min |
| Sep 29, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 30 min |
| Sep 29, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 33 min |
| Sep 29, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry | 37 min |
| Sep 29, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pittsylvania County19
- Henry County18
- Halifax County12
- City of Suffolk12
- Franklin County11
- Isle of Wight County9
- City of Martinsville7
- Charlotte County6
- Mecklenburg County5
- Surry County5
- Loudoun County5
- Caroline County5
- Fauquier County5
- Sussex County4
- Lee County4
- Southampton County4
- Hanover County3
- Stafford County3
- Clarke County3
- Bedford County3
- Patrick County2
- Brunswick County2
- Amelia County2
- Powhatan County2
- Henrico County2
- King William County2
- Essex County2
- King and Queen County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- Scott County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- James City County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Prince William County2
- King George County2
- Fairfax County2
- Bland County2
- Tazewell County2
28 more counties
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Danville2
- Campbell County2
- Lunenburg County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Culpeper County1
- Madison County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Greensville County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Frederick County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Arlington County1
- City of Alexandria1
- Smyth County1
- Wythe County1
- Appomattox County1
- Amherst County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Albemarle County1
- Botetourt County1
- York County1
- City of Newport News1
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.