Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2011

20 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2011. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
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May 24, 20114 severe thunderstorm watches

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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
May 3, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClarke, Frederick, City of Winchester6 hr
May 10, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles and 16 more8 hr
May 10, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson5 hr
May 13, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland, Grayson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 7 more6 hr
May 13, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Craig and 15 more8 hr
May 14, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville and 29 more8 hr
May 18, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Clarke and 45 more8 hr
May 22, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Norton7 hr
May 22, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Giles, Grayson and 5 more5 hr
May 23, 10:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more9 hr
May 23, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford and 78 more7 hr
May 24, 7:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more8 hr
May 24, 10:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more7 hr
May 24, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Augusta, Brunswick, Caroline and 66 more5 hr
May 24, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more6 hr
May 26, 10:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more9 hr
May 26, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Augusta, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan and 32 more11 hr
May 26, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more7 hr
May 27, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Brunswick and 52 more7 hr
May 27, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more9 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.