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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 1998

34 severe thunderstorm watches in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
34
Busiest month
June16 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
June 15, 19984 severe thunderstorm watches

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 9:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Henrico, Isle of Wight and 30 more7 hr
Feb 17, 1:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland5 hr
Mar 20, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt and 24 more7 hr
Apr 8, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Southampton and 9 more6 hr
Apr 17, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Caroline, Culpeper, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier and 15 more6 hr
May 4, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 52 more6 hr
May 13, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee4 hr
May 20, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Grayson and 16 more4 hr
May 24, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 49 more6 hr
May 25, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 1 more5 hr
May 25, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGrayson, Henry, Lee, Patrick, Scott, City of Bristol and 2 more6 hr
May 25, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland, Dickenson, Lee, Pulaski, Russell, Scott and 8 more5 hr
May 26, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrunswick, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Floyd and 33 more6 hr
May 26, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHenry6 hr
May 29, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLoudoun, City of Falls Church6 hr
May 31, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDickenson, Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton6 hr
Jun 3, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Campbell, Carroll and 24 more6 hr
Jun 13, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Buchanan, Dickenson, Highland, Lee, Russell and 4 more6 hr
Jun 13, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 87 more7 hr
Jun 15, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bland and 40 more6 hr
Jun 15, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppomattox, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Cumberland, Floyd and 15 more7 hr
Jun 15, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 51 more7 hr
Jun 15, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreensville, City of Chesapeake, City of Danville, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk6 hr
Jun 16, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 28 more6 hr
Jun 16, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 20 more6 hr
Jun 16, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham and 58 more6 hr
Jun 22, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee, Russell and 9 more5 hr
Jun 24, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more6 hr
Jun 26, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 18 more6 hr
Jun 27, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford and 35 more5 hr
Jun 28, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, City of Covington, City of Lexington5 hr
Jun 30, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 20 more4 hr
Jul 19, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 4 more5 hr
Sep 7, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Bath, Craig, Highland, City of Covington6 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

93 more counties

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.