Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2022
12 tornado watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- May5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 6, 20222 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1:56 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:37 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 4 hr |
| Mar 23, 8:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 37 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 1:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee and 10 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 72 more | 9 hr |
| May 20, 11:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Frederick, City of Winchester | 7 hr |
| May 27, 6:24 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 71 more | 8 hr |
| May 27, 11:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Lancaster, Mathews and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Middlesex and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 11, 6:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham and 66 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Chesapeake6
- City of Norfolk6
- City of Portsmouth6
- City of Virginia Beach6
- Gloucester County6
- Greensville County6
- Isle of Wight County6
- James City County6
- Southampton County6
- Surry County6
- Sussex County6
- York County6
- City of Emporia6
- City of Franklin6
- City of Hampton6
- City of Newport News6
- City of Poquoson6
- City of Suffolk6
- City of Williamsburg6
- Amelia County5
- Brunswick County5
- Charles City County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Hanover County5
- Henrico County5
- King and Queen County5
- King William County5
- Lunenburg County5
- Mathews County5
- Mecklenburg County5
- Middlesex County5
- New Kent County5
- Northampton County5
- Nottoway County5
- Prince George County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Petersburg5
- City of Richmond5
91 more counties
- Henry County4
- City of Martinsville4
- Cumberland County4
- Fluvanna County4
- Goochland County4
- Lancaster County4
- Louisa County4
- Northumberland County4
- Powhatan County4
- Prince Edward County4
- Franklin County3
- Accomack County3
- Caroline County3
- Essex County3
- Richmond County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Albemarle County3
- Amherst County3
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- Charlotte County3
- Halifax County3
- Nelson County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Danville3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Lee County2
- Carroll County2
- Floyd County2
- Patrick County2
- Augusta County2
- Bedford County2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Frederick County2
- City of Winchester2
- Greene County2
- King George County2
- Orange County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Bland County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Grayson County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Galax1
- City of Norton1
- Alleghany County1
- Botetourt County1
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Arlington County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Page County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
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.