Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2009
7 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- May 9, 20092 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 4, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 2 more | 9 hr |
| May 9, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick and 45 more | 8 hr |
| May 9, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews and 17 more | 4 hr |
| May 28, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 29, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Buckingham, Caroline and 37 more | 8 hr |
| May 29, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Campbell, Charles City, Charlotte and 37 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Isle of Wight County3
- Southampton County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Albemarle County2
- Amelia County2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Brunswick County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Charlotte County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Halifax County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- Henry County2
- King and Queen County2
- King George County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Nelson County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Nottoway County2
- Orange County2
61 more counties
- Pittsylvania County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Danville2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Richmond2
- Accomack County2
- Gloucester County2
- Greensville County2
- James City County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Northampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Bedford County1
- Franklin County1
- Patrick County1
- Bland County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Arlington County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Greene County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
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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.