Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2012
Tornado Watches in Virginia, March 2012
5 tornado watches in March 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 March 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- March 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Bedford County1
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Amelia County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Brunswick County1
- Buckingham County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King William County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- New Kent County1
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. Rebuilt daily.