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Tornado Watches in Virginia, May 2022
5 tornado watches in May 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 May 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- May 6, 20222 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County2
- Amelia County2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Augusta County2
- Bedford County2
- Brunswick County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charles City County2
- Charlotte County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Franklin County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Greensville County2
- Halifax County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- Henry County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Nelson County2
- New Kent County2
- Nottoway County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
91 more counties
- York County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Danville2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Frederick County2
- City of Winchester2
- Bland County1
- Buchanan County1
- Carroll County1
- Dickenson County1
- Grayson County1
- Lee 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
- Floyd County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick 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
- Caroline County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Essex County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Greene County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Richmond County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Accomack County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
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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.