Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1997
48 flash flood warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 48
- Busiest month
- June18 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- June 2, 19978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 5:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott, Wise | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 115 min |
| Jun 1, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Salem | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Lexington | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Salem | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 119 min |
| Jun 25, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 12:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 2:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange | 118 min |
| Jul 3, 2:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland | 95 min |
| Jul 23, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 117 min |
| Jul 23, 9:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bath | 117 min |
| Jul 24, 12:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 116 min |
| Jul 24, 5:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 89 min |
| Jul 24, 6:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange | 93 min |
| Jul 28, 10:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 4 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Madison | 60 min |
| Sep 11, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Shenandoah, Warren | 114 min |
| Nov 7, 8:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 4 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Orange County5
- City of Salem4
- Shenandoah County4
- Madison County4
- Roanoke County3
- City of Roanoke3
- Rockbridge County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Lexington3
- Greene County3
- Dickenson County3
- Lee County2
- Scott County2
- Halifax County2
- Washington County2
- Frederick County2
- Clarke County2
- Loudoun County2
- Page County2
- Warren County2
- Smyth County1
- Wise County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- Alleghany County1
- City of Covington1
- Pulaski County1
- Floyd County1
- Carroll County1
- Bland County1
- Rockingham County1
- Bath County1
- Nelson County1
- Buchanan County1
- Fauquier County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Culpeper County1
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.