Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2004
Tornado Watches in Virginia, May 2004
6 tornado watches in May 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 May 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 31, 20043 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wise County3
- City of Norton3
- Bland County2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Giles County2
- Russell County2
- Tazewell County2
- City of Radford2
- Lee County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- City of Bristol2
- Montgomery County1
- Carroll County1
- Grayson County1
- Pulaski County1
- Smyth County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Galax1
- Accomack County1
- Albemarle County1
- Amelia County1
- Arlington County1
- Buckingham County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Culpeper County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Greene County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
48 more counties
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Loudoun County1
- Louisa County1
- Madison County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Nelson County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Orange County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince George County1
- Prince William County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- York County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- 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
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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.