Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, March 2008
3 severe thunderstorm watches in March 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 March 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- March 4, 20081 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Giles, Grayson and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Giles, Russell, Scott and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 6 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bland County2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Giles County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Washington County2
- City of Bristol2
- Carroll County1
- Grayson County1
- Lee County1
- Pulaski County1
- Wise County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Norton1
- Arlington County1
- Fairfax County1
- King George County1
- Prince William County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
Nearby
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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.