Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, June 1997
6 severe thunderstorm watches in June 1997. 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in June 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- June 18, 19972 severe thunderstorm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Halifax, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Appomattox, Buckingham, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Highland | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 62 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Clarke, Frederick and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Bedford and 62 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Louisa County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Bath County3
- Highland County3
- Halifax County2
- Caroline County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Essex County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- King and Queen County2
- King George County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Powhatan County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Richmond2
- Albemarle County2
- Alleghany County2
- Amherst County2
- Arlington County2
- Augusta County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Campbell County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
70 more counties
- Fauquier County2
- Franklin County2
- Frederick County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Prince William County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Covington2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- City of Danville1
- Accomack County1
- Gloucester County1
- Mathews County1
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Greene County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Smyth County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Charles City County1
- Charlotte County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Williamsburg1
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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.