Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2004
Tornado Watches in Virginia, August 2004
3 tornado watches in August 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 August 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- August 12, 20041 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Isle of Wight County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Amelia County2
- Brunswick County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Gloucester County2
- Greensville County2
- Henrico County2
- James City County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Amherst County1
28 more counties
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Franklin County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Caroline County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Northumberland County1
- City of Charlottesville1
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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.