Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2001
2 tornado watches in 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 2
- Busiest month
- May1 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20011 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 22, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Westmoreland | 4 hr |
| Sep 24, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 58 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Westmoreland County2
- Amelia County1
- Arlington County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Frederick County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Loudoun County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Madison County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Orange County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince George County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
24 more counties
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Warren County1
- York County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Williamsburg1
- City of Winchester1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20002002
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.