Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 1997
3 tornado watches in 1997. 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 tornado watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest month
- March1 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 5, 19971 tornado watches
Over time
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Caroline, Cumberland, Essex, Goochland, Hanover and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City and 20 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Danville1
- Accomack County1
- Caroline County1
- Cumberland County1
- Essex County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Powhatan County1
- Richmond County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Richmond1
- Brunswick County1
- Charles City County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Greensville County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- Northampton County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19961998
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. Rebuilt daily.