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Coastal Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2024
17 coastal flood warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Coastal Flood Warnings
- 17
- Busiest month
- March4 coastal flood warnings
- Busiest day
- January 8, 20242 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 3:39 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northumberland, Westmoreland, City of Virginia Beach | 48 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:41 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 4 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 10, 8:38 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:54 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | James City, Northampton, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:48 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:22 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 31 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:37 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 56 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:53 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 17 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:02 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 32 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:54 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 29 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:24 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 31 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:41 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 5 days |
| Sep 21, 3:56 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews and 12 more | 4 days |
| Sep 27, 3:26 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 22 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:08 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland and 5 more | 33 hr |
| Oct 2, 9:31 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:06 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster and 13 more | 54 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Northumberland County7
- Westmoreland County7
- Essex County7
- Richmond County7
- Arlington County6
- City of Alexandria6
- City of Falls Church6
- City of Virginia Beach5
- Lancaster County5
- Middlesex County5
- James City County4
- Surry County4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Mathews County4
- Northampton County3
- York County3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Poquoson3
- Accomack County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- Gloucester County2
- Fairfax County1
- King George County1
- Prince William County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- New Kent 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.