Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, August 2024
7 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2024. 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 August 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
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- Busiest day
- August 3, 20242 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham and 48 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline and 49 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Clarke and 19 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County3
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Greene County3
- King George County3
- Loudoun County3
- Madison County3
- Nelson County3
- Orange County3
- Prince William County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Augusta County3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Page County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- City of Winchester3
- Amelia County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Brunswick County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Caroline County2
67 more counties
- Charles City County2
- Charlotte County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Franklin County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Greensville County2
- Halifax County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- Henry County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Nottoway County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Danville2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Highland County2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Amherst County1
- Patrick County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Mathews County1
- York County1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Botetourt County1
- Craig County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
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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.