Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2009
Tornado Watches in Virginia, April 2009
3 tornado watches in April 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 April 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- April 6, 20091 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Gloucester County2
- Greensville County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
46 more counties
- Accomack County1
- Northampton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Albemarle County1
- Amelia County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Culpeper County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Franklin County1
- Goochland County1
- Greene County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- King George County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Madison County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nelson County1
- Nottoway County1
- Orange County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Danville1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
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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.