Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2018
Tornado Watches in Virginia, April 2018
4 tornado watches in April 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 April 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- April 15, 20183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Grayson County1
- City of Galax1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Franklin County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Henrico County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
17 more counties
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- City of Richmond1
- Charles City County1
- Greensville County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Suffolk1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.