Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2012
2 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham and 30 more | 5 hr |
| May 29, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 27 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amelia County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Brunswick County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Franklin County1
- Greensville County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Danville1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Suffolk1
- Albemarle County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
29 more counties
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren 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
- City of Winchester1
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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.