Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2004
15 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 15
- Busiest day
- May 7, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Winchester | 6 hr |
| May 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 67 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, Shenandoah, Warren and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, King and Queen and 10 more | 4 hr |
| May 21, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 68 more | 7 hr |
| May 21, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more | 4 hr |
| May 25, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 65 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King George and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 26, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Buchanan, Clarke, Craig and 20 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton | 6 hr |
| May 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 69 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 5:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Floyd, Franklin, Halifax and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 9:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mecklenburg | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clarke County7
- Frederick County7
- City of Winchester7
- Shenandoah County7
- Loudoun County6
- Arlington County6
- Rockingham County6
- Warren County6
- City of Fairfax6
- City of Falls Church6
- City of Harrisonburg6
- Augusta County5
- Campbell County5
- Caroline County5
- Charlotte County5
- Culpeper County5
- Essex County5
- Fairfax County5
- Fauquier County5
- Greene County5
- Halifax County5
- Hanover County5
- King and Queen County5
- King William County5
- Madison County5
- Page County5
- Prince Edward County5
- Prince William County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Richmond County5
- Stafford County5
- City of Manassas5
- City of Manassas Park5
- City of Staunton5
- Highland County5
- Albemarle County4
- Amherst County4
- Appomattox County4
- Buckingham County4
- Cumberland County4
93 more counties
- Fluvanna County4
- King George County4
- Louisa County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Nelson County4
- New Kent County4
- Orange County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Westmoreland County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Lynchburg4
- City of Richmond4
- City of Waynesboro4
- Accomack County4
- Lancaster County4
- Northumberland County4
- Bath County4
- Franklin County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Amelia County3
- Brunswick County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Goochland County3
- Greensville County3
- Henrico County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- James City County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Nottoway County3
- Powhatan County3
- Prince George County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Gloucester County3
- Mathews County3
- Middlesex County3
- Bedford County3
- Rockbridge County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Lexington3
- Henry County3
- Patrick County3
- City of Danville3
- City of Martinsville3
- City of Roanoke3
- Botetourt County2
- Northampton County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Alleghany County2
- Bland County2
- Carroll County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Giles County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pulaski County2
- Smyth County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Covington2
- City of Radford2
- City of Salem2
- Lee County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Grayson County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Galax1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Russell County1
- Tazewell County1
- City of Bristol1
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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.