Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, August 2020
2 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- August 25, 20201 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 25, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 67 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 15 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Page County2
- Prince William County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- City of Winchester2
- Accomack County1
- Albemarle County1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buchanan County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Caroline County1
- Craig County1
- Cumberland County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Giles County1
33 more counties
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Highland County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Middlesex County1
- Montgomery County1
- Nelson County1
- Northumberland County1
- Orange County1
- Pulaski County1
- Richmond County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Tazewell County1
- Warren County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Covington1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
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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.