Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches / 2024
Tornado Watches in Virginia, August 2024
4 tornado watches in August 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 August 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- August 8, 20243 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brunswick County3
- Gloucester County3
- Greensville County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- James City County3
- Mathews County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- York County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Caroline County3
- Essex County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Middlesex County3
- Amelia County2
- Appomattox County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charles City County2
- Charlotte County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Halifax County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
55 more counties
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- New Kent County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Richmond2
- Accomack County2
- Arlington County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- King George County2
- Lancaster County2
- Loudoun County2
- Northumberland County2
- Prince William County2
- Richmond County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Albemarle County1
- Amherst County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Northampton County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Danville1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
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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.