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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClarke, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Winchester6 hr
May 2, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 67 more5 hr
May 7, 11:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, Shenandoah, Warren and 3 more6 hr
May 7, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more5 hr
May 7, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, King and Queen and 10 more4 hr
May 21, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 68 more7 hr
May 21, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more4 hr
May 25, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 65 more6 hr
May 25, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King George and 5 more4 hr
May 26, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Bath, Bland, Buchanan, Clarke, Craig and 20 more7 hr
May 26, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton6 hr
May 26, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 69 more5 hr
May 26, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City and 23 more5 hr
May 31, 5:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCampbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Floyd, Franklin, Halifax and 9 more5 hr
May 31, 9:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMecklenburg5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.