Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, August 2004
7 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- August 4, 20043 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 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Tazewell, Wise | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia, City of Franklin and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Buckingham and 41 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Mathews, Northampton, Southampton and 11 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- Prince William County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Clarke County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Southampton County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Accomack County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fauquier County2
- Gloucester County2
- Loudoun County2
- Mathews County2
- Northampton County2
- Bland County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wise County1
- Frederick County1
- City of Winchester1
- Greensville County1
- City of Emporia1
- Albemarle County1
- Amelia County1
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
31 more counties
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Madison County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Orange County1
- Powhatan County1
- Richmond County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Richmond1
- Rappahannock County1
- York County1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Williamsburg1
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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.