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Coastal Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2020
8 coastal flood warnings in 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 coastal flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
Coastal Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Coastal Flood Warnings
- 8
- Busiest month
- April4 coastal flood warnings
- Busiest day
- April 1, 20201 coastal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:10 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Surry and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:41 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland | 19 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:13 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:52 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 23 hr |
| May 19, 6:00 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 11 more | 46 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:18 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 24 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, Northampton, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake and 5 more | 69 hr |
| Sep 20, 5:32 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, Northampton, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake and 4 more | 37 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- James City County4
- Surry County4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Williamsburg4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- Northampton County4
- Northumberland County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Gloucester County3
- York County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Poquoson3
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Accomack County2
- Arlington County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Falls Church1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.