Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2011
Tornado Watches in Virginia, September 2011
3 tornado watches in September 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 September 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- September 6, 20112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 27 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:17 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Carroll, Charlotte, Greensville, Halifax, Henry and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Halifax, Isle of Wight, Mecklenburg, Southampton and 8 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Halifax County3
- Carroll County2
- Charlotte County2
- Henry County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Galax2
- City of Martinsville2
- Brunswick County2
- Greensville County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Southampton County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Craig County1
- Cumberland County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Montgomery County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
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.