Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2000
Tornado Watches in Virginia, December 2000
3 tornado watches in December 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 December 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- December 17, 20003 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Hampton3
- Isle of Wight County2
- Southampton County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Accomack County2
- Gloucester County2
- James City County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- Surry County2
- York County2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Brunswick County1
- Greensville County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Emporia1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- New Kent County1
Nearby
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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.