Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2022
6 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20222 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 1, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll and 28 more | 7 hr |
| May 16, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville and 29 more | 10 hr |
| May 16, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Arlington, Caroline, Chesterfield, Culpeper, Essex and 25 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 27 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Bedford and 65 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amelia County3
- Brunswick County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Greensville County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Nottoway County3
- Powhatan County3
- Prince George County3
- Southampton County3
- Sussex County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Petersburg3
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- King George County3
- Orange County3
- Prince William County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Appomattox County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Cumberland County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Charles City County2
- Gloucester County2
71 more counties
- James City County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Surry County2
- York County2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Caroline County2
- Essex County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Loudoun County2
- Louisa County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Richmond2
- Albemarle County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Rappahannock County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Martinsville1
- Accomack County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Northampton County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Amherst County1
- Bedford County1
- Fluvanna County1
- City of Lynchburg1
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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.