Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, August 2019
6 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2019. 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 August 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- August 13, 20192 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 63 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Charlotte, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Halifax and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Campbell, Charles City and 54 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County3
- Brunswick County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Fairfax County3
- Greensville County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Loudoun County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Prince George County3
- Prince William County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- York County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Accomack County2
- Amelia County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Culpeper County2
- Cumberland County2
- Essex County2
- Fauquier County2
- Gloucester County2
63 more counties
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King George County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Nottoway County2
- Orange County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Richmond County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Charlotte County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Martinsville2
- Caroline County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Louisa County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Carroll County1
- Grayson County1
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Galax1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Appomattox County1
- Campbell 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.