Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2019
9 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- May 23, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Highland, Loudoun, Page and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 19, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 8 hr |
| May 23, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 18 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, King and Queen and 9 more | 4 hr |
| May 26, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George and 11 more | 4 hr |
| May 29, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 6 hr |
| May 29, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 28 more | 4 hr |
| May 30, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford and 62 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clarke County5
- Fauquier County4
- Loudoun County4
- Frederick County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Warren County3
- City of Winchester3
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- King George County3
- Prince William County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Orange County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Hanover County2
- Alleghany County2
- Amherst County2
- Bath County2
- Bedford County2
- Bland County2
- Botetourt County2
- Campbell County2
- Carroll County2
- Charlotte County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Halifax County2
72 more counties
- Henry County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Danville2
- City of Galax2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Highland County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Accomack County1
- Caroline County1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Amelia County1
- Appomattox County1
- Brunswick County1
- Buckingham County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- New Kent County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
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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.