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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, May 2025
17 tornado warnings in May 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 17
- Busiest day
- May 30, 202511 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 5, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 30 min |
| May 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | King and Queen, King William | 15 min |
| May 15, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene | 27 min |
| May 15, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Rockingham | 34 min |
| May 16, 2:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 18 min |
| May 30, 12:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 32 min |
| May 30, 12:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 29 min |
| May 30, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren | 40 min |
| May 30, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 19 min |
| May 30, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 24 min |
| May 30, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 24 min |
| May 30, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 23 min |
| May 30, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen | 30 min |
| May 30, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 20 min |
| May 30, 7:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 14 min |
| May 30, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 38 min |
| May 30, 8:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 15 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fauquier County3
- King and Queen County2
- Albemarle County2
- Rockingham County2
- Buchanan County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Warren County2
- Loudoun County2
- Prince William County2
- Westmoreland County2
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- King William County1
- Greene County1
- Augusta County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Page County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Amelia County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Nottoway County1
- Fairfax County1
- Essex County1
- King George County1
- Richmond 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.