Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2024
14 tornado watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- April6 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- August 8, 20243 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 9, 1:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charles City and 36 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:38 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 54 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Culpeper, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland and 12 more | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dickenson, Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 7 hr |
| May 27, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 65 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:49 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline and 47 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 89 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:17 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 32 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County7
- Greensville County7
- Isle of Wight County7
- James City County7
- Lunenburg County7
- Mecklenburg County7
- Nottoway County7
- Prince Edward County7
- Southampton County7
- Surry County7
- Sussex County7
- York County7
- City of Chesapeake7
- City of Emporia7
- City of Franklin7
- City of Hampton7
- City of Newport News7
- City of Norfolk7
- City of Poquoson7
- City of Portsmouth7
- City of Suffolk7
- City of Virginia Beach7
- City of Williamsburg7
- Amelia County6
- Appomattox County6
- Buckingham County6
- Campbell County6
- Charlotte County6
- Cumberland County6
- Dinwiddie County6
- Halifax County6
- Powhatan County6
- Charles City County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Henrico County5
- Pittsylvania County5
- Prince George County5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Danville5
- City of Hopewell5
74 more counties
- City of Petersburg5
- City of Richmond5
- Caroline County5
- Essex County5
- Gloucester County5
- Goochland County5
- King and Queen County5
- King William County5
- Mathews County5
- Middlesex County5
- City of Lynchburg5
- Accomack County4
- Hanover County4
- King George County4
- Lancaster County4
- New Kent County4
- Northumberland County4
- Richmond County4
- Westmoreland County4
- Fluvanna County4
- Louisa County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- Dickenson County3
- Northampton County3
- Culpeper County3
- Madison County3
- Orange County3
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Loudoun County3
- Prince William County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Lee County2
- Scott County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Buchanan County2
- Bedford County2
- Franklin County2
- Henry County2
- Patrick County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Albemarle County2
- Greene County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- Rappahannock County2
- Amherst County2
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Montgomery County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
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.