Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2016
30 severe thunderstorm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- July11 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 8, 20163 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Buchanan, Dickenson, Highland, City of Covington | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick and 30 more | 7 hr |
| May 1, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd and 15 more | 3 hr |
| May 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 68 more | 8 hr |
| May 2, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 41 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 10, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 57 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Clarke and 44 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 40 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Wise, City of Norton | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell, Carroll and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, City of Emporia | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham and 47 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 29 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Clarke, Craig and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt and 74 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Botetourt County10
- Arlington County10
- Fairfax County10
- Loudoun County10
- Stafford County10
- City of Alexandria10
- City of Fairfax10
- City of Fredericksburg10
- Alleghany County9
- Bath County9
- City of Covington9
- Bedford County9
- Craig County9
- Greensville County9
- Pittsylvania County9
- Rockbridge County9
- City of Buena Vista9
- City of Danville9
- City of Emporia9
- City of Lexington9
- Appomattox County9
- Campbell County9
- Fauquier County9
- King George County9
- Prince William County9
- Spotsylvania County9
- City of Lynchburg9
- City of Manassas9
- City of Manassas Park9
- City of Falls Church9
- Brunswick County8
- Floyd County8
- Franklin County8
- Giles County8
- Halifax County8
- Henry County8
- Mecklenburg County8
- Roanoke County8
- City of Martinsville8
- City of Roanoke8
93 more counties
- City of Salem8
- Culpeper County8
- Madison County8
- Orange County8
- Page County8
- Rappahannock County8
- Rockingham County8
- City of Harrisonburg8
- Buchanan County7
- Bland County7
- Carroll County7
- Grayson County7
- Montgomery County7
- Patrick County7
- Pulaski County7
- Smyth County7
- Tazewell County7
- Wythe County7
- City of Galax7
- City of Radford7
- Amherst County7
- Buckingham County7
- Charlotte County7
- Greene County7
- Lunenburg County7
- Clarke County7
- Frederick County7
- Shenandoah County7
- Warren County7
- City of Winchester7
- Dickenson County6
- Highland County6
- Albemarle County6
- Augusta County6
- Lee County6
- Nelson County6
- City of Charlottesville6
- City of Staunton6
- City of Waynesboro6
- Caroline County6
- Essex County6
- Fluvanna County6
- Goochland County6
- Hanover County6
- Isle of Wight County6
- King and Queen County6
- King William County6
- Louisa County6
- Mathews County6
- Middlesex County6
- Prince Edward County6
- Southampton County6
- Sussex County6
- City of Franklin6
- City of Suffolk6
- Wise County5
- City of Norton5
- Amelia County5
- Charles City County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Cumberland County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Gloucester County5
- Henrico County5
- James City County5
- Lancaster County5
- New Kent County5
- Northumberland County5
- Nottoway County5
- Powhatan County5
- Prince George County5
- Richmond County5
- Surry County5
- Westmoreland County5
- York County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Hampton5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Newport News5
- City of Petersburg5
- City of Poquoson5
- City of Richmond5
- City of Williamsburg5
- Russell County4
- Scott County4
- Washington County4
- City of Bristol4
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Accomack County2
- Northampton County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.