Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2010
18 tornado watches in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- October6 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- December 1, 20104 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Charlotte, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell and 18 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee | 8 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Clarke and 43 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, York and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 48 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 7 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 26, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 65 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:44 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charles City and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 27, 12:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Brunswick, Buckingham and 70 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte and 48 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 16, 8:47 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bedford and 61 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 30, 9:56 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:13 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:48 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 1, 6:12 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Isle of Wight, Mathews, Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 5 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Halifax County9
- Pittsylvania County8
- City of Danville8
- Charlotte County8
- Greensville County7
- Lunenburg County7
- Mecklenburg County7
- City of Emporia7
- Goochland County7
- Hanover County7
- James City County7
- Southampton County7
- Surry County7
- Sussex County7
- City of Franklin7
- Brunswick County6
- Amelia County6
- Appomattox County6
- Buckingham County6
- Campbell County6
- Fluvanna County6
- Louisa County6
- Nottoway County6
- Powhatan County6
- Prince Edward County6
- Caroline County6
- Essex County6
- King and Queen County6
- King William County6
- Richmond County6
- Westmoreland County6
- City of Fredericksburg6
- Isle of Wight County6
- York County6
- City of Suffolk6
- City of Williamsburg6
- Charles City County6
- Chesterfield County6
- Dinwiddie County6
- Henrico County6
93 more counties
- New Kent County6
- Prince George County6
- City of Colonial Heights6
- City of Hopewell6
- City of Petersburg6
- City of Richmond6
- Cumberland County5
- Henry County5
- City of Lynchburg5
- City of Martinsville5
- Accomack County5
- Arlington County5
- Fairfax County5
- King George County5
- Lancaster County5
- Mathews County5
- Middlesex County5
- Northumberland County5
- Prince William County5
- Spotsylvania County5
- Stafford County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Falls Church5
- City of Manassas5
- City of Manassas Park5
- City of Chesapeake5
- City of Newport News5
- City of Norfolk5
- City of Portsmouth5
- City of Virginia Beach5
- Amherst County4
- Bedford County4
- Franklin County4
- Patrick County4
- Albemarle County4
- Culpeper County4
- Fauquier County4
- Nelson County4
- Orange County4
- City of Charlottesville4
- Gloucester County4
- Northampton County4
- City of Hampton4
- Augusta County3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Greene County3
- Loudoun County3
- Madison County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Warren County3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- City of Winchester3
- City of Poquoson3
- Lee County2
- Highland County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- Botetourt County2
- Floyd County2
- Montgomery County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Pulaski County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Rebuilt daily.