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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2006
9 tornado watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- November3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- November 16, 20063 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 13, 11:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 91 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 8 hr |
| May 11, 4:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 55 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Lancaster, Mathews and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:28 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charles City and 23 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:38 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 16, 10:44 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Buckingham and 69 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gloucester County6
- Isle of Wight County6
- James City County6
- Mathews County6
- Southampton County6
- Surry County6
- York County6
- City of Chesapeake6
- City of Franklin6
- City of Hampton6
- City of Newport News6
- City of Norfolk6
- City of Poquoson6
- City of Portsmouth6
- City of Suffolk6
- City of Virginia Beach6
- City of Williamsburg6
- Amelia County5
- Brunswick County5
- Charles City County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Goochland County5
- Greensville County5
- Henrico County5
- Lancaster County5
- Lunenburg County5
- Mecklenburg County5
- Middlesex County5
- New Kent County5
- Northumberland County5
- Nottoway County5
- Powhatan County5
- Prince George County5
- Sussex County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Emporia5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Petersburg5
- City of Richmond5
68 more counties
- Accomack County4
- Hanover County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Northampton County4
- Cumberland County4
- Prince Edward County4
- Albemarle County3
- Arlington County3
- Buckingham County3
- Caroline County3
- Culpeper County3
- Essex County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Greene County3
- King George County3
- Loudoun County3
- Louisa County3
- Madison County3
- Orange County3
- Prince William County3
- Richmond County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Appomattox County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Rappahannock County2
- City of Danville2
- Amherst County1
- Augusta County1
- Bedford County1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.