Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, July 2002
2 severe thunderstorm watches in July 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 July 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- July 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 49 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Bland, Brunswick, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte and 30 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bedford County2
- Bland County2
- Campbell County2
- Carroll County2
- Charlotte County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Galax2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Albemarle County1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Craig County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Louisa County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
28 more counties
- Prince Edward County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Smyth County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Covington1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Brunswick County1
- Greensville County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- 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.