Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2017
Tornado Watches in Virginia, May 2017
3 tornado watches in May 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 May 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- May 24, 20172 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Charles City County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- Mathews County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Lee County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Martinsville1
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.