Alert archive / Virginia / Coastal Flood Watches
Coastal Flood Watches in Virginia, 2021
5 coastal flood watches in 2021. 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 in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Coastal Flood Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- October4 coastal flood watches
- Busiest day
- October 27, 20212 coastal flood watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:50 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | James City, Northampton, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 4 more | 39 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | James City, Northampton, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 27, 10:50 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, Surry, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 2 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- James City County3
- Northampton County3
- Surry County3
- York County3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Williamsburg3
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Arlington County1
- Fairfax County1
- King George County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- Accomack County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northumberland County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Gloucester 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.