Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, August 2012
4 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- August 1, 20121 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 1, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Lee County1
- Albemarle County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Greene County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Accomack County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
31 more counties
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- York County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Richmond1
- 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.