Alert archive / Virginia / Areal Flood Warnings
Areal Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2023
45 areal flood warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 45
- Busiest month
- July15 areal flood warnings
- Busiest day
- May 29, 20237 areal flood warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2:32 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 19 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange, Page and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 12, 5:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 2 hr |
| May 29, 11:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 10 hr |
| May 29, 11:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 6 hr |
| May 29, 11:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles | 8 hr |
| May 29, 12:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke | 6 hr |
| May 29, 1:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Roanoke | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 14 hr |
| May 29, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 8 hr |
| May 30, 12:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Madison, Orange | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Waynesboro | 91 min |
| Jun 26, 11:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson | 59 min |
| Jul 1, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 89 min |
| Jul 1, 8:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | King George, Stafford | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Orange | 9 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Charlottesville, City of Waynesboro | 8 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 4 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell | 9 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 10 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 16 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 8:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 113 min |
| Aug 28, 8:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 96 min |
| Sep 8, 8:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William | 60 min |
| Sep 8, 8:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 7:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William | 3 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 12 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 8 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:35 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria | 7 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Orange, Prince William and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 7 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 7 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 47 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County9
- Prince William County5
- Albemarle County4
- Orange County4
- Nelson County4
- Giles County4
- Tazewell County3
- City of Fairfax3
- Augusta County3
- Arlington County3
- City of Alexandria3
- Loudoun County3
- Buchanan County2
- Culpeper County2
- Madison County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- Bland County2
- Roanoke County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- City of Waynesboro2
- King George County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Falls Church2
- Campbell County2
- Buckingham County2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Dickenson County1
- Greene County1
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- Montgomery County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Louisa County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Shenandoah 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.