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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2009
17 tornado watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 17
- Busiest month
- May7 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 8, 20092 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 8:03 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick and 69 more | 7 hr |
| May 4, 12:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Campbell and 49 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 45 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 57 more | 8 hr |
| May 8, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Wise, City of Norton | 7 hr |
| May 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Carroll, Giles, Grayson, Pulaski, Russell and 8 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 10:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham and 21 more | 4 hr |
| May 9, 1:07 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 39 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Halifax and 21 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King George and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 9, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 2, 9:01 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:07 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Chesapeake10
- City of Norfolk10
- City of Portsmouth10
- City of Suffolk10
- City of Virginia Beach10
- Brunswick County9
- Dinwiddie County9
- Gloucester County9
- Greensville County9
- Isle of Wight County9
- Mathews County9
- Southampton County9
- Sussex County9
- York County9
- City of Emporia9
- City of Franklin9
- City of Hampton9
- City of Newport News9
- City of Poquoson9
- City of Williamsburg9
- Charles City County8
- James City County8
- Middlesex County8
- New Kent County8
- Prince George County8
- Surry County8
- City of Hopewell8
- Chesterfield County7
- Henrico County7
- King and Queen County7
- Lancaster County7
- Northampton County7
- City of Petersburg7
- City of Richmond7
- Lunenburg County7
- Mecklenburg County7
- Nottoway County7
- Accomack County6
- King William County6
- Northumberland County6
69 more counties
- City of Colonial Heights6
- Amelia County6
- Campbell County6
- Charlotte County6
- Halifax County6
- Pittsylvania County6
- Prince Edward County6
- City of Danville6
- Hanover County5
- Appomattox County5
- Cumberland County5
- Powhatan County5
- Lee County4
- Russell County4
- Scott County4
- Washington County4
- Wise County4
- City of Bristol4
- City of Norton4
- Caroline County4
- Essex County4
- Richmond County4
- Bedford County4
- Buckingham County4
- Franklin County4
- Henry County4
- City of Martinsville4
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- King George County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Amherst County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Louisa County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- Patrick County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- City of Radford2
- Albemarle County1
- Culpeper County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Pulaski County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Galax1
- Alleghany County1
- Botetourt County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Montgomery County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
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.