Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2016
3 tornado watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest month
- February2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 24, 20162 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 55 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Accomack County1
- Amelia County1
- Appomattox County1
- Brunswick County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Halifax County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mathews County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
39 more counties
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Danville1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Lynchburg1
- 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
- Arlington County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Orange County1
- Prince William County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
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.