Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2005
11 tornado watches in 2005. 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- July4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- July 7, 20053 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 1:55 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Bedford and 69 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 14, 5:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia, City of Franklin and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry, Patrick and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry, Patrick and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 40 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta, Bath and 47 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 29, 6:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline and 75 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County6
- Greensville County6
- Southampton County6
- City of Emporia6
- City of Franklin6
- Campbell County5
- Charles City County5
- Charlotte County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Hanover County5
- Isle of Wight County5
- King George County5
- Powhatan County5
- Prince George County5
- Surry County5
- Sussex County5
- Westmoreland County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Newport News5
- City of Petersburg5
- City of Portsmouth5
- City of Suffolk5
- Accomack County4
- Amelia County4
- Appomattox County4
- Caroline County4
- Cumberland County4
- Essex County4
- Gloucester County4
- Halifax County4
- Henrico County4
- Henry County4
- James City County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Lancaster County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Mathews County4
93 more counties
- Mecklenburg County4
- Middlesex County4
- New Kent County4
- Northumberland County4
- Nottoway County4
- Patrick County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Prince Edward County4
- Richmond County4
- York County4
- City of Danville4
- City of Martinsville4
- City of Richmond4
- City of Williamsburg4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Hampton4
- City of Norfolk4
- City of Poquoson4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- Albemarle County3
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Goochland County3
- Louisa County3
- Nelson County3
- Orange County3
- Prince William County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Bedford County2
- Buckingham County2
- Franklin County2
- Northampton County2
- Bath County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Smyth County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lexington2
- Clarke County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Winchester2
- Alleghany County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Amherst County1
- Augusta County1
- Highland County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
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.