Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2012
Tornado Watches in Virginia, February 2012
4 tornado watches in February 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 February 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- February 29, 20123 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Accomack County1
- Albemarle County1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Culpeper County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Greene County1
- Greensville County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Madison County1
- Mathews County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Middlesex County1
- Nelson County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Orange County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
61 more counties
- Southampton County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- York County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
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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.