Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2008
Tornado Watches in Virginia, April 2008
2 tornado watches in April 2008. 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 April 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- April 21, 20081 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen and 21 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Charles City County2
- Gloucester County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Accomack County1
- Caroline County1
- Essex County1
- Lancaster County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- Greensville County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hopewell1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.