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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2023
7 tornado watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- August3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- August 7, 20233 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 3, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:03 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Chesterfield and 49 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:31 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 31 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- Southampton County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Amelia County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Nottoway County2
- City of Richmond2
- Albemarle County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Caroline County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Cumberland County1
- Essex County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Frederick County1
- Goochland County1
90 more counties
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- King George County1
- Lancaster County1
- Loudoun County1
- Louisa County1
- Madison County1
- Middlesex County1
- Nelson County1
- Northumberland County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward 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 Charlottesville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Brunswick County1
- Charles City County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- New Kent County1
- Prince George County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Williamsburg1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.