Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2000
9 tornado watches in 2000. 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- May4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- December 17, 20003 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee | 6 hr |
| May 23, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Highland | 5 hr |
| May 27, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Brunswick, Campbell, Carroll and 28 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee | 5 hr |
| Nov 9, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee, Russell and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Southampton and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 17, 7:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Lancaster, Mathews and 17 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Hampton4
- Lee County3
- Brunswick County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Greensville County3
- City of Emporia3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Bland County2
- Grayson County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Galax2
- Sussex County2
- Accomack County2
- Gloucester County2
- James City County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- York County2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Highland County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
46 more counties
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Nottoway County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Essex County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- New Kent County1
- Prince George County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19992001
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.