Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2008
Tornado Watches in Virginia, November 2008
2 tornado watches in November 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 November 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- November 15, 20082 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 12:24 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, York and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:22 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 65 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greensville County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Emporia2
- 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
- Amelia County1
- Arlington County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Culpeper County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Halifax County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
31 more counties
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Loudoun County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mathews County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Orange County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Prince William County1
- Richmond County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
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.