Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, August 2011

6 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
6
Busiest day
August 21, 20112 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 10:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more7 hr
Aug 14, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 35 more7 hr
Aug 21, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 27 more8 hr
Aug 21, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt and 67 more7 hr
Aug 25, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 61 more5 hr
Aug 29, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach8 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.