Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, March 1997
5 severe thunderstorm watches in March 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 March 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- March 29, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Giles, Highland | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Highland, Lee, Russell, Scott and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Halifax, Mecklenburg, Southampton, City of Chesapeake and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper and 31 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County3
- Highland County2
- Dickenson County2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Tazewell County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Giles County1
- Brunswick County1
- Greensville County1
- Halifax County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Smyth County1
- City of Bristol1
- Accomack County1
- Albemarle County1
- Arlington County1
- Caroline County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Essex County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Greene County1
- Hanover County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
21 more counties
- Lancaster County1
- Loudoun County1
- Louisa County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Northumberland County1
- Orange County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Richmond County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
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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.