Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2000
17 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2000. 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 May 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 17
- Busiest day
- May 28, 20004 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Brunswick and 59 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bedford and 41 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford and 41 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline and 56 more | 5 hr |
| May 20, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Halifax, Henry and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chesterfield, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 35 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee | 5 hr |
| May 24, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 43 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Halifax, Mecklenburg, Pittsylvania, Southampton and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Halifax, Isle of Wight and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Charlotte, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Halifax and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Grayson, Henry, Patrick, City of Bristol, City of Danville, City of Galax and 1 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Halifax County7
- Amelia County6
- Brunswick County6
- Charlotte County6
- Greensville County6
- Mecklenburg County6
- Pittsylvania County6
- Prince Edward County6
- Sussex County6
- City of Danville6
- City of Emporia6
- City of Martinsville6
- Patrick County6
- Chesterfield County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Goochland County5
- Greene County5
- Hanover County5
- King George County5
- Lunenburg County5
- Nottoway County5
- Orange County5
- Powhatan County5
- Prince George County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Fredericksburg5
- City of Petersburg5
- Henry County5
- Southampton County5
- Fauquier County4
- Prince William County4
- City of Manassas4
- City of Manassas Park4
- Albemarle County4
- Amherst County4
- Appomattox County4
- Buckingham County4
- Caroline County4
- Cumberland County4
- Fluvanna County4
90 more counties
- Louisa County4
- Nelson County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Lynchburg4
- City of Richmond4
- Floyd County4
- Grayson County4
- Lee County4
- City of Bristol4
- City of Galax4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Suffolk4
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- Loudoun County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- Campbell County3
- Charles City County3
- Culpeper County3
- Henrico County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Madison County3
- New Kent County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Stafford County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Augusta County3
- Bedford County3
- Botetourt County3
- Franklin County3
- Rockbridge County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Lexington3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- Buchanan County3
- Carroll County3
- Dickenson County3
- Giles County3
- Pulaski County3
- Russell County3
- Scott County3
- Smyth County3
- Washington County3
- Wise County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Norton3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Surry County3
- York County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Clarke County2
- Essex County2
- Richmond County2
- Warren County2
- Page County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Bland County2
- Craig County2
- Montgomery County2
- Roanoke County2
- Tazewell County2
- City of Covington2
- City of Radford2
- Gloucester County2
- James City County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Accomack County1
- Highland County1
- Rockingham County1
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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.