Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2001
8 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20012 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 16, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Giles, Lee, Russell and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | City of Danville | 6 hr |
| May 22, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 93 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Brunswick, Buckingham and 61 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 37 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and 10 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Washington County3
- Amelia County3
- Arlington County3
- Caroline County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Clarke County3
- Culpeper County3
- Essex County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Loudoun County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Madison County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- New Kent County3
- Nottoway County3
- Prince George County3
- Prince William County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Richmond County3
- Stafford County3
- Warren County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Richmond3
- Greensville County3
93 more counties
- Southampton County3
- Sussex County3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Bland County2
- Giles County2
- Smyth County2
- Albemarle County2
- Appomattox County2
- Buckingham County2
- Charlotte County2
- Cumberland County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Frederick County2
- Goochland County2
- Greene County2
- King George County2
- Louisa County2
- Northumberland County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Winchester2
- Isle of Wight County2
- James City County2
- Surry County2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Tazewell County1
- City of Danville1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Highland County1
- Montgomery County1
- Nelson County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Accomack County1
- Gloucester County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
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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.