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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 1998
19 tornado watches in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 19
- Busiest month
- April8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 2, 19983 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Danville | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Henry, Patrick, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Essex, Fairfax, Hanover and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Bristol | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Bristol | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham and 66 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Henry, City of Bristol | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, Charles City and 52 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Danville | 5 hr |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Frederick, City of Winchester | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Buchanan, Craig, Dickenson and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford and 53 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Northampton, Prince George, Southampton and 17 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Danville7
- Dinwiddie County5
- Hanover County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Petersburg5
- Accomack County4
- Amelia County4
- Brunswick County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Goochland County4
- Greensville County4
- Henrico County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- New Kent County4
- Northampton County4
- Nottoway County4
- Powhatan County4
- Prince George County4
- Southampton County4
- Surry County4
- Sussex County4
- York County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Hampton4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Norfolk4
- City of Poquoson4
- City of Portsmouth4
- City of Richmond4
- City of Suffolk4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Caroline County4
- Essex County4
- Louisa County4
92 more counties
- Richmond County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- City of Bristol4
- Lee County4
- Charles City County3
- Gloucester County3
- James City County3
- Lancaster County3
- Mathews County3
- Middlesex County3
- Henry County3
- King George County3
- Northumberland County3
- Stafford County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Buckingham County3
- Charlotte County3
- Cumberland County3
- Halifax County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Russell County3
- Scott County3
- Wise County3
- City of Norton3
- Carroll County2
- Patrick County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Arlington County2
- Fairfax County2
- Prince William County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Albemarle County2
- Appomattox County2
- Campbell County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Frederick County2
- City of Winchester2
- Alleghany County2
- Bland County2
- Craig County2
- Pulaski County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Washington County2
- City of Covington2
- Bath County1
- Giles County1
- Highland County1
- Wythe County1
- Amherst County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Fauquier County1
- Loudoun County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Warren County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Rebuilt daily.