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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2019
12 tornado watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- April8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 19, 20193 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 14, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:41 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 47 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 29 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 47 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 12 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Giles, Grayson, Pulaski and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 10 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford and 56 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County4
- Appomattox County4
- Bedford County4
- Botetourt County4
- Buckingham County4
- Campbell County4
- Carroll County4
- Charlotte County4
- Floyd County4
- Franklin County4
- Halifax County4
- Henry County4
- Patrick County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- Roanoke County4
- Rockbridge County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Danville4
- City of Lexington4
- City of Lynchburg4
- City of Martinsville4
- City of Roanoke4
- City of Salem4
- Arlington County4
- Culpeper County4
- Fairfax County4
- Fauquier County4
- King George County4
- Loudoun County4
- Madison County4
- Orange County4
- Prince William County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Stafford County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- City of Manassas4
92 more counties
- City of Manassas Park4
- Richmond County4
- Westmoreland County4
- Albemarle County3
- Augusta County3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Greene County3
- Highland County3
- Nelson County3
- Page County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- City of Winchester3
- City of Galax3
- City of Radford3
- Accomack County3
- Amelia County3
- Brunswick County3
- Caroline County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Cumberland County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Essex County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Goochland County3
- Greensville County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
- James City County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Lancaster County3
- Louisa County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- New Kent County3
- Northampton County3
- Northumberland County3
- Nottoway County3
- Powhatan County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Prince George County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Richmond3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Gloucester County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- York County2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Bland County2
- Craig County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pulaski County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Covington2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.