Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2017
4 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- May 27, 20173 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, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 61 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Brunswick and 59 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Lee, Patrick and 11 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County2
- Amelia County2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Augusta County2
- Brunswick County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Caroline County2
- Charlotte County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Greene County2
- Halifax County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Madison County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Nelson County2
- Nottoway County2
- Orange County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Arlington County1
- Bedford County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
76 more counties
- Fauquier County1
- Franklin County1
- Frederick County1
- Henry County1
- Highland County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Page County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Danville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Winchester1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Charles City County1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Grayson County1
- Lee County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Galax1
- City of Norton1
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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.