Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2023
3 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20232 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 9, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg and 9 more | 7 hr |
| May 16, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 8 hr |
| May 16, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Campbell and 29 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County2
- Greensville County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Prince Edward County2
- City of Emporia2
- Amelia County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Nottoway County1
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Suffolk1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.