Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2009
Tornado Watches in Virginia, May 2009
7 tornado watches in May 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 May 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- May 8, 20092 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amelia County4
- Appomattox County4
- Brunswick County4
- Campbell County4
- Charles City County4
- Charlotte County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Cumberland County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Gloucester County4
- Greensville County4
- Halifax County4
- Henrico County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- James City County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Mathews County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- New Kent County4
- Nottoway County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Powhatan County4
- Prince Edward County4
- Prince George County4
- Southampton County4
- Surry County4
- Sussex County4
- York County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Colonial Heights4
- City of Danville4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Hampton4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Norfolk4
- City of Petersburg4
- City of Poquoson4
- City of Portsmouth4
61 more counties
- City of Richmond4
- City of Suffolk4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Bedford County3
- Franklin County3
- Henry County3
- King and Queen County3
- Northampton County3
- City of Martinsville3
- Buckingham County3
- Middlesex County3
- Accomack County2
- Patrick County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Hanover County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Northumberland County2
- City of Radford2
- Caroline County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- King George County1
- Louisa County1
- Richmond County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Pulaski County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Galax1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Botetourt County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Montgomery County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
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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.