Coastal Flood Warnings in Virginia
130 coastal flood warnings 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 coastal flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
Coastal Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Coastal Flood Warnings
- 130
- Busiest year
- 202417 coastal flood warnings
- Average year
- 7over 20 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.
- Northampton County51
- Northumberland County51
- Westmoreland County47
- City of Virginia Beach46
- Arlington County43
- City of Alexandria43
- City of Falls Church43
- Lancaster County42
- Accomack County39
- Middlesex County38
- Mathews County36
- Gloucester County35
- Surry County34
- James City County33
- City of Williamsburg33
- City of Newport News31
- City of Chesapeake29
- York County26
- City of Hampton26
- City of Poquoson26
- Richmond County21
- Essex County17
- Fairfax County15
- City of Fairfax15
- King George County12
- Stafford County11
- Charles City County10
- King William County8
- New Kent County8
- King and Queen County7
- Prince George County6
- City of Hopewell6
- City of Petersburg6
- Prince William County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
The latest coastal flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 8:42 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 42 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:57 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City and 24 more | 5 days |
| Jan 31, 1:10 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 33 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.