Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, July 2021
7 severe thunderstorm watches in July 2021. 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 July 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- July 1, 20211 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 62 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Loudoun | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick and 55 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia, City of Franklin | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper and 36 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County5
- Albemarle County4
- Arlington County4
- Fairfax County4
- Nelson County4
- Prince William County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Manassas4
- City of Manassas Park4
- Caroline County3
- Culpeper County3
- Essex County3
- Fauquier County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Greene County3
- King George County3
- Louisa County3
- Madison County3
- Orange County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Amelia County2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charles City County2
- Charlotte County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
61 more counties
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Surry County2
- Westmoreland County2
- York County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Augusta County2
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- Highland County2
- Page County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Greensville County2
- Southampton County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- Accomack County1
- Gloucester County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- Brunswick County1
- Franklin County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Danville1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- 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.