Coastal Flood Watches in Virginia
97 coastal flood watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Coastal Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Coastal Flood Watches
- 97
- Busiest year
- 202413 coastal flood watches
- Average year
- 5over 21 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.
- Arlington County38
- City of Alexandria38
- City of Falls Church38
- Northampton County37
- City of Virginia Beach35
- Accomack County32
- Northumberland County31
- Mathews County28
- Middlesex County28
- Lancaster County27
- Westmoreland County26
- City of Chesapeake26
- Surry County25
- City of Hampton25
- Gloucester County24
- City of Newport News24
- James City County23
- City of Williamsburg23
- Fairfax County22
- City of Fairfax22
- York County21
- City of Poquoson21
- King George County20
- Stafford County19
- Richmond County11
- Essex County10
- King and Queen County5
- King William County5
- New Kent County5
- Charles City County4
- Prince George County2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- Prince William County2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
The latest coastal flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2:53 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 36 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:22 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City and 24 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:07 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 23 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.