Alert archive / Virginia / Areal Flood Warnings / 2020
Areal Flood Warnings in Virginia, May 2020
19 areal flood warnings in May 2020. 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 May 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 19
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20208 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 3 hr |
| May 17, 12:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath | 3 hr |
| May 17, 1:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 118 min |
| May 20, 1:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke | 12 hr |
| May 20, 3:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick and 6 more | 12 hr |
| May 20, 3:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 9 hr |
| May 21, 12:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 9 hr |
| May 21, 3:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick and 6 more | 9 hr |
| May 21, 10:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig, Giles | 18 hr |
| May 21, 12:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski and 5 more | 12 hr |
| May 21, 11:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 4:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig, Giles | 6 hr |
| May 22, 5:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 6 hr |
| May 22, 5:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 6 hr |
| May 22, 10:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig, Giles | 9 hr |
| May 22, 11:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke | 4 hr |
| May 22, 11:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 22, 7:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig | 3 hr |
| May 25, 2:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Montgomery County7
- Roanoke County7
- Pulaski County6
- Floyd County5
- Franklin County5
- Henry County5
- City of Radford5
- City of Roanoke5
- City of Salem5
- Patrick County4
- Botetourt County4
- Craig County4
- Giles County3
- City of Martinsville3
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Carroll County2
- City of Galax2
- Grayson County2
- Fairfax County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Lexington1
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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.