Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2021
2 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- May 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 98 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Clarke and 36 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County2
- Arlington County2
- Augusta County2
- Caroline County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Essex County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- King George County2
- Lancaster County2
- Loudoun County2
- Louisa County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Northumberland County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Prince William County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Richmond County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- Warren County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
65 more counties
- City of Winchester2
- Alleghany County1
- Amelia County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Craig County1
- Cumberland County1
- Floyd County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Franklin County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Halifax County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Henry County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mathews County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Middlesex County1
- Montgomery County1
- New Kent County1
- Nottoway County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Covington1
- City of Danville1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Radford1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- 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. Rebuilt daily.