Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1987
13 flash flood warnings in 1987. 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- April9 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- April 16, 19874 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 9:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Patrick | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Pittsylvania | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Buchanan | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Craig | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Craig, Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Patrick | 80 min |
| Sep 7, 12:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford | 65 min |
| Sep 7, 2:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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. Rebuilt daily.