Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2002
Tornado Watches in Virginia, May 2002
8 tornado watches in May 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 2, 20025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wise County4
- City of Norton4
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Lee County3
- Russell County3
- Scott County3
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Washington County2
- City of Bristol2
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Page County2
- Prince William County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Stafford County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Caroline County2
- King George County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Orange County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Frederick County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Winchester1
54 more counties
- Accomack County1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Bland County1
- Albemarle County1
- Greene County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Waynesboro1
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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.