Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2019
Tornado Watches in Virginia, April 2019
8 tornado watches in April 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 April 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- April 19, 20193 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County3
- Appomattox County3
- Bedford County3
- Botetourt County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- Carroll County3
- Charlotte County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Halifax County3
- Henry County3
- Patrick County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Roanoke County3
- Rockbridge County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Danville3
- City of Lexington3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Martinsville3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- King George County3
- Loudoun County3
- Madison County3
- Orange County3
- Prince William County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Manassas3
82 more counties
- City of Manassas Park3
- Accomack County3
- Lancaster County3
- Northampton County3
- Northumberland County3
- Richmond County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Nelson County2
- Page County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- City of Galax2
- City of Radford2
- Amelia County2
- Brunswick County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Greensville County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mathews County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Covington1
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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.