Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 1998
Tornado Watches in Virginia, April 1998
8 tornado watches in April 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 April 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
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- Busiest day
- April 8, 19982 tornado 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Accomack County3
- Caroline County3
- Essex County3
- Hanover County3
- Louisa County3
- Northumberland County3
- Richmond County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Bristol3
- King George County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Amelia County2
- Brunswick County2
- Buckingham County2
- Charles City County2
- Charlotte County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Greensville County2
- Halifax County2
- Henrico County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mathews County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Nottoway County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Powhatan County2
49 more counties
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Danville2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Lee County2
- Arlington County1
- Fairfax County1
- Prince William County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Albemarle County1
- Appomattox County1
- Campbell County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Henry County1
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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.