Tropical Storm Watches in Virginia
17 tropical storm watches since 1986. 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 tropical storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Tropical Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tropical Storm Watches
- 17
- Busiest year
- 20084 tropical storm watches
- Average year
- 2over 10 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- City of Virginia Beach10
- City of Chesapeake9
- Accomack County8
- Northampton County8
- Gloucester County7
- Lancaster County7
- Mathews County7
- Middlesex County7
- Northumberland County7
- Westmoreland County7
- James City County6
- Surry County6
- City of Williamsburg6
- City of Hampton6
- Arlington County5
- Fairfax County5
- King George County5
- Stafford County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Falls Church5
- York County4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Poquoson4
- Charles City County3
- Greensville County3
- New Kent County3
- Prince George County3
- Richmond County3
- Southampton County3
- Sussex County3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Petersburg3
- Essex County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
The latest tropical storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 42 hr |
Nearby
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.