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Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2026

42 tornado warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
42
Busiest month
July20 tornado warnings
Busiest day
July 28, 20269 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
Mar 16, 9:56 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKPatrick34 min
Mar 16, 10:14 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville31 min
Mar 16, 10:33 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock27 min
Mar 16, 10:48 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKHenry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville27 min
Mar 16, 10:57 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier, Loudoun, Prince William20 min
Mar 16, 11:15 AM EDTTornado WarningRNKHalifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville30 min
Mar 16, 11:29 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXLoudoun16 min
Mar 16, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGoochland, Hanover, Henrico26 min
Jun 18, 4:43 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXLee15 min
Jun 22, 9:17 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSurry, Sussex28 min
Jun 23, 3:43 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach32 min
Jul 18, 2:16 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXLoudoun17 min
Jul 21, 6:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick26 min
Jul 21, 7:03 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick10 min
Jul 21, 7:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXShenandoah28 min
Jul 21, 7:42 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXRockingham, Shenandoah33 min
Jul 21, 7:49 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXShenandoah15 min
Jul 21, 8:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXGreene, Rockingham27 min
Jul 21, 11:28 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKAmherst, Rockbridge26 min
Jul 21, 11:50 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXNelson12 min
Jul 22, 12:36 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHalifax, Pittsylvania24 min
Jul 28, 3:10 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHighland18 min
Jul 28, 3:22 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKBland, Tazewell, Wythe23 min
Jul 28, 4:06 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXScott39 min
Jul 28, 4:16 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXWashington44 min
Jul 28, 4:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier, Rappahannock, Warren31 min
Jul 28, 5:08 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXRappahannock22 min
Jul 28, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford29 min
Jul 28, 6:28 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania15 min
Jul 28, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Surry33 min
Jul 28, 9:02 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach28 min
Aug 11, 2:18 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKSmyth27 min
Aug 11, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKGrayson, Smyth31 min
Aug 11, 7:21 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXBuchanan24 min
Aug 14, 5:02 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene, Rockingham28 min
Aug 14, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville29 min
Aug 14, 6:21 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville24 min
Aug 14, 10:38 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQPrince George20 min
Aug 20, 8:10 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQMecklenburg20 min
Aug 22, 9:26 PM EDTTornado WarningMRXScott30 min
Sep 4, 7:27 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin19 min
Sep 12, 4:43 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Prince George, Surry32 min

By county

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

9 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. July 28, 20269tornado warnings
  2. March 16, 20267tornado warnings
  3. July 21, 20265tornado warnings
  4. July 22, 20264tornado warnings
  5. August 11, 20263tornado warnings
  6. August 14, 20263tornado warnings
  7. June 23, 20262tornado warnings
  8. March 17, 20261tornado warnings
  9. June 18, 20261tornado warnings
  10. July 18, 20261tornado warnings
  11. July 29, 20261tornado warnings
  12. August 15, 20261tornado warnings

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.