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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2012
13 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- March5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 29, 20123 tornado watches
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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 24, 1:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 58 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 29, 12:31 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 7 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:43 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Floyd, Franklin and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 24, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 26 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 52 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 59 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 62 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:54 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 88 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amelia County5
- Brunswick County5
- Charles City County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Cumberland County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Fluvanna County5
- Goochland County5
- Hanover County5
- Henrico County5
- King William County5
- Louisa County5
- Lunenburg County5
- Mecklenburg County5
- New Kent County5
- Nottoway County5
- Powhatan County5
- Prince Edward County5
- Prince George County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Petersburg5
- City of Richmond5
- Accomack County4
- Caroline County4
- Culpeper County4
- Essex County4
- Gloucester County4
- Greensville County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- James City County4
- King and Queen County4
- King George County4
- Lancaster County4
- Mathews County4
- Middlesex County4
- Northampton County4
- Northumberland County4
- Orange County4
- Richmond County4
92 more counties
- Southampton County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Stafford County4
- Surry County4
- Sussex County4
- Westmoreland County4
- York County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- City of Hampton4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Norfolk4
- City of Poquoson4
- City of Portsmouth4
- City of Suffolk4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Campbell County4
- Charlotte County4
- Halifax County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- City of Danville4
- City of Lynchburg4
- Albemarle County3
- Greene County3
- Madison County3
- Nelson County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- Lee County3
- Russell County3
- Scott County3
- Washington County3
- Wise County3
- City of Bristol3
- City of Norton3
- Bedford County3
- Carroll County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Henry County3
- Patrick County3
- City of Martinsville3
- Amherst County3
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Fauquier County3
- Loudoun County3
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- Prince William County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Manassas3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Bland County2
- Botetourt County2
- Craig County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Galax2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Augusta County2
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Highland County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.