Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2024
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, April 2024
11 tornado warnings in April 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 April 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 11
- Busiest day
- April 3, 20247 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- Henry County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Wise County1
- Amelia County1
- Powhatan County1
- Brunswick County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King William County1
- Essex County1
- King and Queen County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Virginia Beach1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.