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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2006

32 severe thunderstorm watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
32
Busiest month
April10 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
September 28, 20064 severe thunderstorm watches

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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
Jan 2, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 1 more5 hr
Apr 2, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more5 hr
Apr 3, 12:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson3 hr
Apr 7, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll and 20 more7 hr
Apr 7, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bedford and 37 more6 hr
Apr 15, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Caroline and 37 more5 hr
Apr 15, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 39 more3 hr
Apr 17, 11:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson and 21 more5 hr
Apr 19, 3:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton7 hr
Apr 22, 10:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 12 more8 hr
Apr 25, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 36 more5 hr
May 14, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 67 more7 hr
May 15, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach6 hr
May 25, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more6 hr
May 26, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight and 23 more9 hr
May 26, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 24 more7 hr
Jun 29, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Arlington, Caroline, Essex, Fairfax, King George and 13 more6 hr
Jul 2, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClarke, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Winchester5 hr
Jul 3, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 27 more5 hr
Jul 4, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Clarke and 33 more8 hr
Jul 4, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more8 hr
Jul 5, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 89 more7 hr
Jul 13, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 70 more7 hr
Jul 18, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more5 hr
Jul 22, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 81 more8 hr
Jul 28, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun and 11 more7 hr
Sep 28, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 35 more6 hr
Sep 28, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 27 more7 hr
Sep 28, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Buckingham, Clarke, Culpeper and 31 more7 hr
Sep 28, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 40 more7 hr
Oct 11, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton7 hr
Dec 1, 10:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more8 hr

By county

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

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The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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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.