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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2018
7 tornado watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- April4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 15, 20183 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 15, 12:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, City of Galax | 9 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charles City, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Scott | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Arlington, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 9:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick and 57 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amelia County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Cumberland County3
- Goochland County3
- Henrico County3
- Powhatan County3
- City of Richmond3
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Brunswick County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Nottoway County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Charles City County2
- Greensville County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Prince George County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Suffolk2
- Caroline County2
- Essex County2
- Hanover County2
57 more counties
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Louisa County2
- New Kent County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Grayson County1
- City of Galax1
- Botetourt County1
- Craig County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Lee County1
- Scott County1
- Arlington County1
- Fairfax County1
- King George 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
- Accomack County1
- Gloucester County1
- James City County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
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.