Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, August 2010
9 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- August 5, 20104 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 4, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 70 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 40 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox and 118 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline and 50 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper and 39 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County4
- Arlington County4
- Augusta County4
- Caroline County4
- Clarke County4
- Culpeper County4
- Fairfax County4
- Fauquier County4
- Fluvanna County4
- Goochland County4
- Greene County4
- Hanover County4
- King George County4
- Loudoun County4
- Louisa County4
- Madison County4
- Nelson County4
- Orange County4
- Page County4
- Prince William County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Rockingham County4
- Shenandoah County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Stafford County4
- Warren County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- City of Harrisonburg4
- City of Manassas4
- City of Manassas Park4
- City of Staunton4
- City of Waynesboro4
- Essex County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Lancaster County4
93 more counties
- Northumberland County4
- Richmond County4
- Westmoreland County4
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Charlotte County3
- Cumberland County3
- Frederick County3
- Powhatan County3
- City of Winchester3
- Accomack County3
- Amelia County3
- Brunswick County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Gloucester County3
- Greensville County3
- Henrico County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- James City County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mathews County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Middlesex County3
- New Kent County3
- Northampton County3
- Nottoway County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Prince George County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- York County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Richmond3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Alleghany County2
- Amherst County2
- Bath County2
- Bedford County2
- Bland County2
- Botetourt County2
- Campbell County2
- Carroll County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Highland County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Danville2
- City of Galax2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
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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.