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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2013
11 tornado watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- January4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- January 30, 20132 tornado watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 5:51 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 30, 6:31 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 30, 8:21 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charles City and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:21 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna and 19 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 72 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:37 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Isle of Wight, James City, Northampton, Southampton, Surry, York and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox and 111 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 7 hr |
| Oct 7, 8:56 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene and 15 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County5
- Fairfax County5
- Loudoun County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Falls Church5
- Chesterfield County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Greensville County5
- Henrico County5
- Prince George County5
- Southampton County5
- Sussex County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Emporia5
- City of Franklin5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Petersburg5
- Albemarle County4
- Culpeper County4
- Fauquier County4
- Fluvanna County4
- Goochland County4
- Hanover County4
- King George County4
- Louisa County4
- Madison County4
- Orange County4
- Prince William County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Stafford County4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- City of Manassas4
- Amelia County4
- Brunswick County4
- Charles City County4
- Cumberland County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Mecklenburg County4
86 more counties
- New Kent County4
- Nottoway County4
- Powhatan County4
- Prince Edward County4
- City of Richmond4
- Isle of Wight County4
- James City County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Northampton County4
- Richmond County4
- Surry County4
- York County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- 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
- Caroline County3
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- Charlotte County3
- Halifax County3
- Henry County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- City of Danville3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Martinsville3
- Accomack County3
- Essex County3
- Gloucester County3
- Lancaster County3
- Mathews County3
- Middlesex County3
- Northumberland County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Greene County3
- Rappahannock County3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Amherst County2
- Augusta County2
- Bedford County2
- Clarke County2
- Franklin County2
- Frederick County2
- Nelson County2
- Page County2
- Patrick County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Highland County1
- Montgomery County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
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.