Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2005
4 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2005. 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- May 20, 20052 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 15, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greensville, Isle of Wight, Northampton, Southampton, York, City of Chesapeake and 9 more | 7 hr |
| May 19, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 20, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte and 22 more | 7 hr |
| May 23, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Culpeper and 53 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greensville County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Northampton County2
- Southampton County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Prince Edward County1
56 more counties
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Albemarle County1
- Amelia County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Culpeper County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Greene County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Madison County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Orange County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- 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.