Right now, 489,786 people in Virginia are under a National Weather Service warning. That's 5.7% of the state's 8,631,393 people, the most of any state.
Updated Wed, 3:33 PM EDT · counted every 10 minutes · 2 warnings in force
In September 2026 the National Weather Service issued 147 warnings for Virginia, the most for September since 2024.
The most at once this month: 489,786 people, on October 21 (counted since October 21).
| County | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach | 459,470 | 100% |
| Westmoreland | 18,477 | 100% |
| Northumberland | 11,839 | 100% |
National Weather Service warnings, each counted once in the month it was issued. From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive.
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489,786 people in Virginia were under a National Weather Service warning at Wed, 3:33 PM EDT, according to InstaMaps, which counts them every 10 minutes from 2020 Census data (get-instamaps.com/data/warnings/virginia).
How it's counted: method. Questions or a cut we don't have: gbade@get-instamaps.com (InstaMaps data team).
It shows Virginia's warnings and reloads itself every 10 minutes, so a story left open stays current.
The monthly report, the first Thursday of each month at 6 a.m. Eastern. And, when a big storm hits Virginia, a short note with the count. Nothing else, and one click stops it.
The monthly report: release dates. Population: 2020 Census. Warnings: the National Weather Service, refreshed every 10 minutes.