Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1989
91 flash flood warnings in 1989. 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 91
- Busiest month
- September26 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- September 22, 198915 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 2 hr |
| May 1, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock | 4 hr |
| May 1, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Staunton | 4 hr |
| May 1, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Madison | 4 hr |
| May 5, 6:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 3 hr |
| May 5, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 116 min |
| May 5, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry | 2 hr |
| May 5, 9:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 2 hr |
| May 5, 9:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Albemarle, Nelson | 118 min |
| May 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | King George | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun, Prince William | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | King George, Stafford | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 4 hr |
| May 5, 11:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Albemarle, Nelson | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 6 hr |
| May 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 6 hr |
| May 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke | 6 hr |
| May 16, 10:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick | 5 hr |
| May 23, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 4 hr |
| May 23, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Albemarle, Nelson | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry | 118 min |
| Jun 7, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Scott | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Tazewell | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Patrick | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Patrick | 94 min |
| Jun 22, 8:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Craig | 94 min |
| Jul 4, 1:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Wythe | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Smyth | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke | 116 min |
| Jul 6, 9:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Powhatan | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, City of Winchester | 97 min |
| Jul 21, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 97 min |
| Jul 21, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 99 min |
| Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Roanoke | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 3:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | James City, York, City of Hampton | 117 min |
| Aug 18, 10:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 117 min |
| Aug 18, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Albemarle, Nelson | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham | 75 min |
| Aug 25, 3:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 8:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 119 min |
| Sep 15, 10:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell | 116 min |
| Sep 15, 10:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 117 min |
| Sep 16, 1:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 11:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles, Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 11:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 119 min |
| Sep 16, 1:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Smyth | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, Pulaski, Wythe | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 6 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Alleghany, Bath | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Highland | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Dickenson, Russell | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Tazewell | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Buchanan | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Smyth | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 3 hr |
| Oct 17, 9:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 10:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise | 2 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson | 2 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Roanoke | 2 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:30 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Nelson | 90 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Roanoke County7
- Rockingham County6
- Henry County6
- Patrick County6
- Wise County5
- Nelson County5
- Clarke County5
- Frederick County5
- Shenandoah County5
- Carroll County5
- Augusta County4
- Franklin County4
- Albemarle County4
- Grayson County4
- Fauquier County3
- Loudoun County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Page County3
- Warren County3
- Smyth County3
- Giles County3
- Montgomery County3
- Madison County2
- Arlington County2
- Fairfax County2
- King George County2
- Prince William County2
- Stafford County2
- Russell County2
- Tazewell County2
- Craig County2
- Wythe County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Botetourt County2
- Cumberland County2
- Pulaski County2
- Dickenson County2
- Buchanan County2
- City of Staunton1
- Culpeper County1
22 more counties
- Greene County1
- Orange County1
- Amelia County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Scott County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Powhatan County1
- City of Winchester1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Prince George County1
- James City County1
- York County1
- City of Hampton1
- Gloucester County1
- Campbell County1
- Bedford County1
- Floyd County1
- Washington County1
- Bland County1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Highland 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. Rebuilt daily.