Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2015
6 tornado watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- April3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 3, 20151 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 27 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:37 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Frederick, City of Winchester | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Frederick County3
- King George County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Winchester3
- Albemarle County2
- Arlington County2
- Augusta County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Prince William County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Brunswick County2
- Greensville County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Colonial Heights2
37 more counties
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Lee County1
- City of Falls Church1
- Accomack County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- York County1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Williamsburg1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.