Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2003
Tornado Watches in Virginia, May 2003
8 tornado watches in May 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 10, 20033 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Campbell County3
- Charlotte County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Giles County3
- Nottoway County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Brunswick County3
- Greensville County3
- Halifax County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- City of Emporia3
- Lee County2
- Amelia County2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Buckingham County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Craig County2
- Cumberland County2
- Gloucester County2
- Henrico County2
- James City County2
- Mathews County2
- Montgomery County2
- New Kent County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince George County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Surry County2
- York County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
63 more counties
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Radford2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Southampton County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Henry County2
- City of Danville2
- Albemarle County1
- Alleghany County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Botetourt County1
- Caroline County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Middlesex County1
- Nelson County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- 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
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Northampton County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Norfolk1
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. Rebuilt daily.