Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2011
Tornado Watches in Virginia, April 2011
13 tornado watches in April 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 13
- Busiest day
- April 27, 20114 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 5, 2:18 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 82 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Giles, Grayson and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham and 62 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:34 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 65 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 89 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:41 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 78 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:38 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 83 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight and 30 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County6
- Amelia County6
- Amherst County6
- Appomattox County6
- Arlington County6
- Bedford County6
- Buckingham County6
- Campbell County6
- Charlotte County6
- Culpeper County6
- Cumberland County6
- Fairfax County6
- Fauquier County6
- Fluvanna County6
- Franklin County6
- Goochland County6
- Greene County6
- Halifax County6
- Henry County6
- King George County6
- Loudoun County6
- Louisa County6
- Lunenburg County6
- Madison County6
- Mecklenburg County6
- Nelson County6
- Nottoway County6
- Orange County6
- Pittsylvania County6
- Powhatan County6
- Prince Edward County6
- Prince William County6
- Rappahannock County6
- Spotsylvania County6
- Stafford County6
- City of Alexandria6
- City of Charlottesville6
- City of Danville6
- City of Fairfax6
- City of Falls Church6
93 more counties
- City of Fredericksburg6
- City of Lynchburg6
- City of Manassas6
- City of Manassas Park6
- City of Martinsville6
- Brunswick County5
- Caroline County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Essex County5
- Greensville County5
- Hanover County5
- Henrico County5
- King and Queen County5
- King William County5
- Richmond County5
- Westmoreland County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Emporia5
- City of Petersburg5
- City of Richmond5
- Lee County5
- Russell County5
- Scott County5
- Washington County5
- Charles City County4
- Gloucester County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- James City County4
- Lancaster County4
- Mathews County4
- Middlesex County4
- New Kent County4
- Northumberland County4
- Prince George County4
- Southampton County4
- Surry County4
- Sussex County4
- York County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Hampton4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Norfolk4
- City of Poquoson4
- City of Portsmouth4
- City of Suffolk4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Buchanan County4
- Dickenson County4
- Wise County4
- City of Bristol4
- City of Norton4
- Patrick County4
- Rockbridge County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Lexington4
- Augusta County4
- Clarke County4
- Frederick County4
- Highland County4
- Page County4
- Rockingham County4
- Shenandoah County4
- Warren County4
- City of Harrisonburg4
- City of Staunton4
- City of Waynesboro4
- City of Winchester4
- Accomack County3
- Northampton County3
- Bland County3
- Carroll County3
- Giles County3
- Grayson County3
- Pulaski County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Galax3
- Alleghany County3
- Bath County3
- Botetourt County3
- City of Covington3
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Montgomery County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
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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.