# Virginia Weather Warnings Map, October 2026 | InstaMaps

> How many people in Virginia are under a National Weather Service warning right now, by county, updated every 10 minutes. Warnings issued by month since 2008, a map to embed, CSVs. Free to cite.

Source: https://get-instamaps.com/data/warnings/virginia

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# Virginia weather warnings map

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, 4:33 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).

## Warnings in force

* [Coastal Flood Warning](https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f748759c1a4abb7b85f3baa8c76243a734232df7.001.2)  
Virginia Beach  
459,470 people · until Thu, 9:00 AM EDT
* [Coastal Flood Warning](https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f748759c1a4abb7b85f3baa8c76243a734232df7.003.2)  
Westmoreland; Northumberland  
30,316 people · until Thu, 2:00 PM EDT

## By county

| County         | People  | Share |
| -------------- | ------- | ----- |
| Virginia Beach | 459,470 | 100%  |
| Westmoreland   | 18,477  | 100%  |
| Northumberland | 11,839  | 100%  |

### By warning

* Coastal Flood Warning: 489,786 people

## Warnings issued for Virginia, by month

National Weather Service warnings, each counted once in the month it was issued. From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive.

2024-102026-09

## Cite this

Free to quote and republish with a link. A line you can use:

489,786 people in Virginia were under a National Weather Service warning at Wed, 4:33 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](/data/warnings/method). Questions or a cut we don't have: [gbade@get-instamaps.com](mailto:gbade@get-instamaps.com) (InstaMaps data team).

[Counties now (CSV)](/downloads/warnings/virginia.csv)[Every state by month (CSV)](/downloads/warnings/history.csv)

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The monthly report: [release dates](/data/warnings/calendar). Population: 2020 Census. Warnings: the National Weather Service, refreshed every 10 minutes.