Alert archive / Virginia / York County
Weather alerts in York County, Virginia, 2014
77 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
York County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 77
- Warnings
- 8
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 5
- Busiest month
- April16 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 30, 20147 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
York County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 4 | 20% | 2 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wakefield, VA: tornado warnings | 33 | 8 | 76% | 15 | 67% | 13 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 130 | 86 | 34% | 302 | 75% | 20 min |
| NWS Wakefield, VA: flash flood warnings | 5 | 4 | 20% | 15 | 67% | 37 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 94 min |
| Jan 11, 2:10 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jan 11, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 25 min |
| Jan 11, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 4:14 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 7:09 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 28, 7:48 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Feb 13, 1:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:39 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Feb 21, 12:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 9:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 10:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 72 min |
| Apr 15, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 12:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:19 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Apr 25, 7:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Apr 30, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 3:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 5:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| May 5, 10:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 59 min |
| May 10, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 51 min |
| May 10, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 61 min |
| May 16, 6:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 58 min |
| May 21, 2:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 22, 1:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 22, 6:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 22, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 63 min |
| May 28, 2:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 28, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 61 min |
| May 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 61 min |
| May 28, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 3:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 4:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 87 min |
| Jun 19, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 6:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 4:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 7:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 7:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 4:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 1:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 15, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 15, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 12:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 18, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Sep 8, 11:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 5 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 5:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 44 min |
| Oct 11, 6:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 42 min |
| Nov 6, 3:17 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Nov 6, 3:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 56 min |
| Nov 6, 4:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 30 min |
| Nov 24, 7:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | 18 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 25 |
| Special Weather Statement | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.