Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2025
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, May 2025
12 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 12
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20253 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 2, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee | 7 hr |
| May 3, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 41 more | 8 hr |
| May 5, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 8 hr |
| May 8, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Halifax and 12 more | 8 hr |
| May 15, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 65 more | 4 hr |
| May 16, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 16, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt and 65 more | 5 hr |
| May 16, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Giles, Tazewell | 4 hr |
| May 17, 4:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Halifax, Henry and 16 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Culpeper County4
- Brunswick County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Greensville County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Nottoway County4
- Prince Edward County4
- Prince George County4
- Southampton County4
- Sussex County4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Petersburg4
- Halifax County4
- Henry County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- City of Danville4
- City of Martinsville4
- Lee County3
- Arlington County3
- Clarke County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Loudoun County3
- Orange County3
- Prince William County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Amelia County3
- Caroline County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Cumberland County3
93 more counties
- Fluvanna County3
- Goochland County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Louisa County3
- Powhatan County3
- Surry County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Richmond3
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Bland County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Montgomery County3
- Patrick County3
- Tazewell County3
- Charlotte County3
- Giles County3
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Warren County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Charles City County2
- Essex County2
- Gloucester County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- York County2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Williamsburg2
- King George County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Carroll County2
- Grayson County2
- Pulaski County2
- Smyth County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Galax2
- City of Radford2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Craig County2
- Page County2
- Roanoke County2
- Shenandoah County2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Albemarle County1
- Alleghany County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Highland County1
- Nelson County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Covington1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Frederick County1
- City of Winchester1
- Accomack County1
- Northampton County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Virginia Beach1
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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.