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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2003
13 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- May8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 10, 20033 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 12:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Northampton and 19 more | 3 hr |
| May 5, 8:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee | 5 hr |
| May 9, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 58 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Southampton and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Giles, Grayson and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Craig, Dinwiddie and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Giles | 6 hr |
| May 31, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Henry, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| May 31, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 40 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 18, 8:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City and 25 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 19, 8:50 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 82 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 11:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City and 25 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Prince George County6
- Southampton County6
- City of Chesapeake6
- City of Franklin6
- City of Portsmouth6
- City of Suffolk6
- City of Virginia Beach6
- Brunswick County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Greensville County5
- Isle of Wight County5
- James City County5
- Surry County5
- York County5
- City of Emporia5
- City of Hampton5
- City of Newport News5
- City of Norfolk5
- City of Poquoson5
- City of Williamsburg5
- Northampton County4
- Sussex County4
- City of Colonial Heights4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Petersburg4
- Campbell County4
- Charles City County4
- Charlotte County4
- Essex County4
- Gloucester County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Mathews County4
- New Kent County4
- Nottoway County4
- Prince Edward County4
- Halifax County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Amelia County3
93 more counties
- Amherst County3
- Appomattox County3
- Bedford County3
- Buckingham County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Craig County3
- Cumberland County3
- Giles County3
- Henrico County3
- Lancaster County3
- Middlesex County3
- Montgomery County3
- Northumberland County3
- Powhatan County3
- Richmond County3
- Roanoke County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Richmond3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Henry County3
- City of Danville3
- Westmoreland County3
- Lee County2
- Albemarle County2
- Alleghany County2
- Augusta County2
- Bath County2
- Botetourt County2
- Caroline County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Louisa County2
- Nelson County2
- Pulaski County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Covington2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Radford2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Accomack County2
- Bland County1
- Buchanan County1
- Carroll County1
- Dickenson County1
- Grayson County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Galax1
- City of Norton1
- Arlington County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Winchester1
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.