Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2002
19 tornado watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 19
- Busiest month
- May8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 28, 20025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Bristol | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 66 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 39 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Danville | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Wise, City of Norton | 5 hr |
| May 1, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 9:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 50 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mecklenburg | 5 hr |
| May 9, 11:15 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 1:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:05 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 6:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Danville | 4 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 35 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wise County7
- City of Norton7
- Buchanan County6
- Dickenson County6
- Lee County6
- Russell County6
- Scott County6
- City of Bristol5
- Westmoreland County5
- Smyth County4
- Tazewell County4
- Washington County4
- Arlington County4
- Fairfax County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Stafford County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Danville4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- Brunswick County4
- Charles City County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Essex County4
- Greensville County4
- Henrico County4
- James City County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Lancaster County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Middlesex County4
- New Kent County4
- Northumberland County4
- Prince George County4
- Richmond County4
- Southampton County4
- Surry County4
93 more counties
- Sussex County4
- City of Colonial Heights4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Petersburg4
- City of Richmond4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Bland County3
- Albemarle County3
- Clarke County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fauquier County3
- Goochland County3
- Loudoun County3
- Madison County3
- Orange County3
- Page County3
- Prince William County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Warren County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Accomack County3
- Gloucester County3
- Hanover County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mathews County3
- Northampton County3
- Nottoway County3
- York County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Caroline County3
- King George County3
- Alleghany County2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Carroll County2
- Craig County2
- Cumberland County2
- Floyd County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Franklin County2
- Frederick County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Greene County2
- Henry County2
- Louisa County2
- Montgomery County2
- Nelson County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Galax2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Amelia County2
- Powhatan County2
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- Highland County1
- City of Staunton1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Rebuilt daily.