Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, April 2016
2 severe thunderstorm watches in April 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 April 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- April 26, 20161 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Buchanan County2
- City of Covington2
- Dickenson County1
- Highland County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Brunswick County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Greensville County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Danville1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
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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.