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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2021
8 tornado watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- August4 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- August 17, 20212 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Southampton and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 36 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Henry, Montgomery and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:37 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 14 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 31, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 49 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:56 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:46 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 57 more | 9 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
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Carroll County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Henry County3
- Montgomery County3
- Patrick County3
- Pulaski County3
- City of Galax3
- City of Martinsville3
- City of Radford3
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Loudoun County3
- Prince William County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Accomack County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
80 more counties
- Chesterfield County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Essex County2
- Gloucester County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- York County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Grayson County2
- Smyth County2
- Wythe County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Craig County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- King George County2
- Page County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Amelia County2
- Goochland County2
- Louisa County2
- Orange County2
- Powhatan County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Brunswick County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Warren County1
- City of Winchester1
- Albemarle County1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Giles County1
- Greene County1
- Halifax County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Covington1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
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.