Alert archive / Virginia / Areal Flood Warnings / 2018
Areal Flood Warnings in Virginia, August 2018
62 areal flood warnings in August 2018. 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 areal flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 62
- Busiest day
- August 2, 201811 areal flood warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Orange | 16 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 9 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange | 14 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Nelson | 14 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 11 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 9 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 15 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 102 min |
| Aug 1, 6:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 15 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 114 min |
| Aug 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton | 112 min |
| Aug 2, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Warren | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Pulaski, Wythe | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William | 7 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 9 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 9 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Nelson | 11 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock | 16 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 102 min |
| Aug 3, 8:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 18 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Rappahannock | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 118 min |
| Aug 6, 9:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 80 min |
| Aug 11, 3:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Madison | 96 min |
| Aug 12, 1:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Madison, Rappahannock | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison | 10 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Stafford | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Stafford | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Stafford | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 8:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 117 min |
| Aug 21, 9:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Madison, Rappahannock | 12 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 9 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Page, Rockingham | 11 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Prince William County10
- Greene County9
- Madison County9
- Fauquier County8
- Culpeper County7
- Nelson County7
- Fairfax County7
- Rockingham County7
- Albemarle County6
- Augusta County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Orange County4
- City of Fairfax4
- Shenandoah County4
- Frederick County4
- Loudoun County4
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Page County3
- Warren County3
- Wythe County3
- Stafford County3
- Louisa County2
- Arlington County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Falls Church2
- Franklin County2
- Bedford County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Bland County2
- Giles County2
- Pulaski County2
- City of Winchester2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Fluvanna County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
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Sources
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