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Tornado Watches in Virginia, March 2025
3 tornado watches in March 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 March 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- March 16, 20252 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greensville County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Highland County1
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Amelia County1
- Appomattox County1
- Brunswick County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charles City County1
- Charlotte County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
17 more counties
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Halifax County1
- Henrico County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- New Kent County1
- Nottoway County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Danville1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
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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.