Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2024
Tornado Watches in Virginia, April 2024
6 tornado watches in April 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 April 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- April 2, 20242 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Amelia County2
- Appomattox County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Cumberland County2
- Goochland County2
- Halifax County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Nottoway County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Lee County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Accomack County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
49 more counties
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Bedford County1
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Albemarle County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Greene County1
- Louisa County1
- Madison County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fredericksburg1
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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.