Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 1989
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, May 1989
23 flash flood warnings in May 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 May 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- May 6, 198912 flash flood warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Fauquier County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Madison County2
- Wise County2
- Franklin County2
- Albemarle County2
- Nelson County2
- Arlington County2
- Fairfax County2
- King George County2
- Prince William County2
- Stafford County2
- Augusta County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Staunton1
- Henry County1
- Page County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- Culpeper County1
- Greene County1
- Orange County1
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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.