Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2018
Tornado Watches in Virginia, September 2018
1 tornado watches in September 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 September 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 1
- Busiest day
- September 17, 20181 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Arlington, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex and 22 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amelia County1
- Arlington County1
- Caroline County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Essex County1
- Fairfax County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Louisa County1
- New Kent County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince William County1
- Richmond County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Richmond1
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.