Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2020
Tornado Watches in Virginia, August 2020
2 tornado watches in August 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- August 4, 20202 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Isle of Wight County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Accomack County1
- Charles City County1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Williamsburg1
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.