Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2011
Tornado Watches in Virginia, February 2011
3 tornado watches in February 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 February 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- February 28, 20113 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 5:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:59 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:57 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 67 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Albemarle County1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Clarke County1
- Craig County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Floyd County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Franklin County1
- Frederick County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Greene County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Highland County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
42 more counties
- Louisa County1
- Madison County1
- Montgomery County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Prince William County1
- Pulaski County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Smyth County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Tazewell County1
- Warren County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Covington1
- City of Danville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Galax1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.