Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, August 2002
1 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2002. 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 August 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 1
- Busiest day
- August 5, 20021 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 59 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County1
- Alleghany County1
- Amelia County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Clarke County1
- Craig County1
- Culpeper County1
- Cumberland County1
- Essex County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Frederick County1
- Goochland County1
- Greene County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Highland County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Loudoun County1
- Louisa County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- New Kent County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
25 more counties
- Richmond County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Covington1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
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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.