Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 1999
Tornado Watches in Virginia, September 1999
6 tornado watches in September 1999. 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 September 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- September 5, 19993 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 24 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Buckingham, Caroline and 50 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 41 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Charles City County4
- James City County4
- Surry County4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Essex County4
- King George County4
- Richmond County4
- Westmoreland County4
- Amelia County3
- Brunswick County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Gloucester County3
- Greensville County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Northampton County3
- Nottoway County3
- Prince George County3
- Southampton County3
- York County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Middlesex County3
- New Kent County3
- Caroline County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
51 more counties
- Dinwiddie County2
- Sussex County2
- Accomack County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Northumberland County2
- Albemarle County2
- Appomattox County2
- Arlington County2
- Buckingham County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Cumberland County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- Loudoun County2
- Louisa County2
- Madison County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince William County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Winchester2
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Powhatan County1
- Augusta County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- City of Lynchburg1
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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.