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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2023

32 severe thunderstorm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
32
Busiest month
July14 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
June 26, 20234 severe thunderstorm watches

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By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 79 more7 hr
Apr 22, 10:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 75 more10 hr
May 9, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg and 9 more7 hr
May 16, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more8 hr
May 16, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Campbell and 29 more8 hr
Jun 11, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee6 hr
Jun 16, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 63 more8 hr
Jun 25, 10:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton6 hr
Jun 26, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more9 hr
Jun 26, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Brunswick and 58 more9 hr
Jun 26, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 32 more7 hr
Jul 2, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrunswick, Charlotte, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 1 more4 hr
Jul 2, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William and 6 more6 hr
Jul 2, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Dickenson7 hr
Jul 2, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax5 hr
Jul 3, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt and 68 more7 hr
Jul 3, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 27 more7 hr
Jul 9, 12:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Charles City, Charlotte and 37 more8 hr
Jul 9, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Arlington, Caroline, Culpeper, Essex, Fairfax and 24 more7 hr
Jul 25, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William and 6 more10 hr
Jul 27, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 9 more5 hr
Jul 28, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Bland and 47 more5 hr
Jul 29, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene and 16 more6 hr
Jul 29, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 40 more5 hr
Jul 29, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 47 more6 hr
Aug 14, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more6 hr
Aug 14, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson and 13 more5 hr
Aug 15, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry and 4 more7 hr
Aug 15, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAccomack, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 59 more6 hr
Sep 7, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George and 9 more8 hr
Sep 8, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more8 hr
Sep 9, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and 8 more5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.