Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2014
Tornado Watches in Virginia, July 2014
5 tornado watches in July 2014. 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 July 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- July 27, 20142 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 9:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Grayson, Smyth | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Greene, Highland and 13 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Grayson County1
- Smyth County1
- Albemarle County1
- Alleghany County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- Tazewell County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Covington1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
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.