Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings / 2026
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, July 2026
20 tornado warnings in July 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 July 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 20
- Busiest day
- July 28, 20269 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 17 min |
| Jul 21, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick | 10 min |
| Jul 21, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 7:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 15 min |
| Jul 21, 8:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Greene, Rockingham | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 11:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 11:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Nelson | 12 min |
| Jul 22, 12:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Highland | 18 min |
| Jul 28, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell, Wythe | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Scott | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 22 min |
| Jul 28, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 15 min |
| Jul 28, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shenandoah County3
- Frederick County2
- Rockingham County2
- Fauquier County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Loudoun County1
- Greene County1
- Amherst County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Nelson County1
- Halifax County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Highland County1
- Bland County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Warren County1
- Culpeper County1
- Orange County1
- Stafford County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Surry County1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
Nearby
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.