Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2024
5 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- May 26, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 18 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee | 8 hr |
| May 26, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig and 26 more | 9 hr |
| May 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford and 25 more | 8 hr |
| May 26, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Arlington, Caroline, Chesterfield, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- King George County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Page County2
- Prince William County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Stafford County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- City of Winchester2
- Lee County2
- Alleghany County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buchanan County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Dickenson County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
55 more counties
- Roanoke County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Norton1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Albemarle County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Halifax County1
- Highland County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nelson County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Amelia County1
- Caroline County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Louisa County1
- Nottoway County1
- Orange County1
- Powhatan County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Richmond1
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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.