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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2018

13 severe thunderstorm watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
13
Busiest month
May7 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
May 14, 20182 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more7 hr
Apr 3, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton5 hr
May 10, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 95 more8 hr
May 12, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Alexandria and 3 more8 hr
May 13, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCaroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex, Fauquier, Frederick and 19 more7 hr
May 14, 12:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more9 hr
May 14, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham and 54 more4 hr
May 15, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and 6 more4 hr
May 22, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Buckingham and 50 more6 hr
Jun 23, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 31 more6 hr
Jul 27, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Clarke and 41 more7 hr
Aug 21, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Loudoun, Madison and 7 more7 hr
Sep 26, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 13 more4 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

74 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.