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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2004
23 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 23
- Busiest month
- September10 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- September 17, 20045 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 13, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 10:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Giles, Montgomery, Russell and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee | 7 hr |
| May 30, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol, City of Norton | 5 hr |
| May 31, 12:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Giles, Grayson and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Bristol | 5 hr |
| May 31, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Arlington, Buckingham, Caroline and 62 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Chesapeake | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Brunswick and 76 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Brunswick and 51 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 44 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Brunswick, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Dinwiddie and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bedford and 67 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Clarke and 52 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 64 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Winchester | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Clarke and 51 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia and 5 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Chesapeake11
- Dinwiddie County11
- Greensville County11
- Isle of Wight County10
- Southampton County10
- Surry County10
- City of Franklin10
- City of Norfolk10
- City of Portsmouth10
- City of Suffolk10
- City of Virginia Beach10
- Amelia County10
- City of Colonial Heights10
- City of Hopewell10
- City of Petersburg10
- City of Emporia10
- James City County9
- City of Williamsburg9
- Charles City County9
- Chesterfield County9
- Henrico County9
- New Kent County9
- Prince George County9
- Sussex County9
- City of Richmond9
- Brunswick County9
- Nottoway County9
- City of Hampton8
- City of Newport News8
- Caroline County8
- Essex County8
- Gloucester County8
- Hanover County8
- King and Queen County8
- King William County8
- Mathews County8
- Middlesex County8
- Powhatan County8
- York County8
- City of Poquoson8
89 more counties
- Cumberland County7
- Fairfax County7
- Goochland County7
- King George County7
- Lancaster County7
- Louisa County7
- Northumberland County7
- Prince William County7
- Richmond County7
- Spotsylvania County7
- Stafford County7
- Westmoreland County7
- City of Alexandria7
- City of Fairfax7
- City of Fredericksburg7
- City of Manassas7
- City of Manassas Park7
- Lunenburg County7
- Arlington County6
- Fauquier County6
- Fluvanna County6
- Northampton County6
- City of Falls Church6
- Mecklenburg County6
- Prince Edward County6
- Culpeper County5
- Greene County5
- Loudoun County5
- Madison County5
- Orange County5
- City of Charlottesville5
- Campbell County5
- Charlotte County5
- Halifax County5
- City of Danville5
- Accomack County4
- Buckingham County4
- Appomattox County4
- Clarke County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Bland County3
- Montgomery County3
- Wise County3
- City of Norton3
- City of Radford3
- Albemarle County3
- Warren County3
- Bedford County3
- Franklin County3
- Henry County3
- Patrick County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Martinsville3
- Page County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Giles County2
- Russell County2
- Tazewell County2
- Lee County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- City of Bristol2
- Carroll County2
- Pulaski County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Galax2
- Nelson County2
- Amherst County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Floyd County2
- Frederick County2
- City of Winchester2
- Grayson County1
- Smyth County1
- Botetourt County1
- Augusta County1
- Highland County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Roanoke County1
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.