Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2008
Tornado Watches in Virginia, May 2008
10 tornado watches in May 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 10
- Busiest day
- May 31, 20084 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 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 48 more | 9 hr |
| May 8, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 29 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield and 45 more | 8 hr |
| May 11, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham and 36 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gloucester, Isle of Wight, King and Queen, King William, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 12 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Augusta, Buckingham, Caroline and 49 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appomattox, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Greensville and 23 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Charlotte County4
- Halifax County4
- Page County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Rockingham County4
- Shenandoah County4
- Warren County4
- City of Danville4
- Amelia County4
- Brunswick County4
- Charles City County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Greensville County4
- Henrico County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- New Kent County4
- Nottoway County4
- Prince George County4
- Sussex County4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Petersburg4
- City of Richmond4
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- Culpeper County3
- Greene County3
- Henry County3
- Highland County3
- Madison County3
- Orange County3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Martinsville3
- Cumberland County3
93 more counties
- Essex County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Goochland County3
- King George County3
- Powhatan County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Richmond County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- Gloucester County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- James City County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- York 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
- City of Williamsburg3
- Fauquier County3
- Prince William County3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Albemarle County2
- Amherst County2
- Augusta County2
- Bedford County2
- Franklin County2
- Nelson County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Caroline County2
- Hanover County2
- Louisa County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Accomack County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- City of Poquoson2
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Fairfax County2
- Frederick County2
- Loudoun County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Winchester2
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
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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.