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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2020
9 tornado watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- April3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 6, 20202 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 11:01 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Mecklenburg, Southampton and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:01 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charles City and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:33 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Isle of Wight, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:26 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Greensville, James City and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 30, 1:07 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greensville County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- James City County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- York County3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Williamsburg3
- King George County3
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Martinsville2
- Brunswick County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Charles City County2
- New Kent County2
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Loudoun County2
- Orange County2
- Prince William County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
45 more counties
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- City of Winchester2
- Accomack County2
- Lancaster County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Amelia County1
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Henrico County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- Albemarle County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- City of Charlottesville1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Rebuilt daily.