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Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2025
9 tornado watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- May5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 16, 20252 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 5, 12:26 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charles City and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 16, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 20, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee | 6 hr |
| May 30, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 49 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City and 63 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Buckingham, Caroline, Charles City and 56 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greensville County3
- James City County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- York County3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Augusta County3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Page County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- City of Winchester3
- Buckingham County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Cumberland County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Goochland County3
- Henrico County3
- New Kent County3
- Powhatan County3
- City of Richmond3
- Lee County3
- Isle of Wight County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Suffolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
93 more counties
- Highland County2
- Amelia County2
- Appomattox County2
- Brunswick County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Halifax County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Nottoway County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Danville2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Albemarle County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Rappahannock County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- Arlington County2
- Caroline County2
- Culpeper County2
- Essex County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Gloucester County2
- Hanover County2
- King and Queen County2
- King George County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Loudoun County2
- Louisa County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Northumberland County2
- Orange 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
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Accomack County1
- Northampton County1
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.