Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2010
9 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- May 2, 20102 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 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Page, Rappahannock and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 94 more | 6 hr |
| May 14, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 14, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Bath and 55 more | 7 hr |
| May 17, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 19 more | 8 hr |
| May 28, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 30 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Highland and 12 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Page County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Shenandoah County5
- Warren County5
- Buchanan County4
- Dickenson County4
- Lee County4
- Russell County4
- Scott County4
- Wise County4
- City of Norton4
- Clarke County4
- Fauquier County4
- Frederick County4
- Rockingham County4
- City of Harrisonburg4
- City of Winchester4
- Greene County4
- Madison County4
- Loudoun County3
- Albemarle County3
- Alleghany County3
- Amherst County3
- Augusta County3
- Bath County3
- Bedford County3
- Botetourt County3
- Craig County3
- Culpeper County3
- Franklin County3
- Highland County3
- King George County3
- Montgomery County3
- Nelson County3
- Orange County3
- Prince William County3
- Roanoke County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
89 more counties
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Covington3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Lexington3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- Arlington County2
- Bland County2
- Carroll County2
- Fairfax County2
- Floyd County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Patrick County2
- Pulaski County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Galax2
- Washington County2
- City of Bristol2
- Amelia County1
- Appomattox County1
- Brunswick County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Halifax County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mathews County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Danville1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
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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.