Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, August 2008
5 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- August 2, 20082 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 2, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath and 84 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick and 60 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County3
- Clarke County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Frederick County3
- King George County3
- Loudoun County3
- Prince William County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- Warren County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- City of Winchester3
- Accomack County3
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Culpeper County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Rockingham County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Amelia County2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Brunswick County2
84 more counties
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Charlotte County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Franklin County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Greensville County2
- Halifax County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- Henry County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mathews County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Nottoway County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- Westmoreland County2
- York County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Danville2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
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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.