Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2004
Tornado Watches in Virginia, September 2004
10 tornado watches in September 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 September 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 10
- Busiest day
- September 17, 20045 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dinwiddie County7
- Greensville County7
- Brunswick County6
- Nottoway County6
- City of Emporia6
- Amelia County6
- City of Colonial Heights6
- City of Hopewell6
- City of Petersburg6
- Caroline County5
- Charles City County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Essex County5
- Fairfax County5
- Hanover County5
- Henrico County5
- King and Queen County5
- King George County5
- King William County5
- New Kent County5
- Prince George County5
- Prince William County5
- Richmond County5
- Spotsylvania County5
- Stafford County5
- Surry County5
- Westmoreland County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Fredericksburg5
- City of Manassas5
- City of Manassas Park5
- City of Richmond5
- Lunenburg County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Fauquier County4
- Goochland County4
- Louisa County4
- Powhatan County4
- Southampton County4
75 more counties
- Sussex County4
- Arlington County4
- Gloucester County4
- James City County4
- Lancaster County4
- Mathews County4
- Middlesex County4
- Northumberland County4
- York County4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Poquoson4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Campbell County3
- Charlotte County3
- Halifax County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- City of Danville3
- Culpeper County3
- Cumberland County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Greene County3
- Madison County3
- Orange County3
- Page County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Clarke County3
- Loudoun County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Henry County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Frederick County2
- Warren County2
- City of Winchester2
- Accomack County2
- Northampton County2
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Pulaski County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- Albemarle County1
- Amherst County1
- Augusta County1
- Buckingham County1
- Highland County1
- Nelson County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.