Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2017
6 tornado watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- May3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 24, 20172 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:06 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline and 51 more | 8 hr |
| May 5, 6:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews and 19 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 1:19 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 7 hr |
| May 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Charlotte, Grayson, Halifax, Henry, Patrick and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt and 38 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greensville County4
- City of Emporia4
- Brunswick County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Nottoway County3
- Prince George County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Charlotte County3
- Halifax County3
- Dinwiddie County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Petersburg2
- Amelia County2
- Appomattox County2
- Buckingham County2
- Charles City County2
- Cumberland County2
- Gloucester County2
- James City County2
- Mathews County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Prince Edward County2
- York County2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Carroll County2
52 more counties
- Grayson County2
- Henry County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Galax2
- City of Martinsville2
- Accomack County1
- Caroline County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northumberland County1
- Powhatan County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Richmond1
- Lee County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Amherst County1
- Augusta County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Campbell County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Nelson County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
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.