Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 1998
Tornado Watches in Virginia, June 1998
4 tornado watches in June 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 June 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- June 2, 19983 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County2
- Bland County2
- Buchanan County2
- Craig County2
- Dickenson County2
- Lee County2
- Pulaski County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Covington2
- City of Norton2
- Bath County1
- Giles County1
- Highland County1
- Wythe County1
- Albemarle County1
- Amelia County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Brunswick County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Caroline County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Floyd County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Franklin County1
- Goochland County1
64 more counties
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Henry County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Montgomery County1
- Nelson County1
- New Kent County1
- Nottoway County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Richmond County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Radford1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Winchester1
- City of Bristol1
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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.