Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2018
7 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- May 14, 20182 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 10, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 95 more | 8 hr |
| May 12, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 8 hr |
| May 13, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex, Fauquier, Frederick and 19 more | 7 hr |
| May 14, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 9 hr |
| May 14, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham and 54 more | 4 hr |
| May 15, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and 6 more | 4 hr |
| May 22, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Buckingham and 50 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County6
- Arlington County5
- Clarke County5
- Culpeper County5
- Fairfax County5
- Fauquier County5
- Prince William County5
- Rappahannock County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Falls Church5
- City of Manassas5
- City of Manassas Park5
- Caroline County4
- Essex County4
- Frederick County4
- Hanover County4
- King and Queen County4
- King George County4
- King William County4
- Louisa County4
- Madison County4
- Orange County4
- Page County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Stafford County4
- Warren County4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- City of Winchester4
- Albemarle County3
- Amelia County3
- Amherst County3
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Cumberland County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Gloucester County3
63 more counties
- Goochland County3
- Greene County3
- Henrico County3
- James City County3
- Lancaster County3
- Mathews County3
- Middlesex County3
- Nelson County3
- New Kent County3
- Northumberland County3
- Powhatan County3
- Richmond County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Richmond3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Augusta County2
- Brunswick County2
- Charlotte County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Greensville County2
- Halifax County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Northampton County2
- Nottoway County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Rockingham County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Bedford County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Martinsville1
- Highland County1
- Accomack County1
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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.