Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 1998
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, January 1998
42 flash flood warnings in January 1998. 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 January 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 42
- Busiest day
- January 8, 199831 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 9:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles, Pulaski | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:11 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, Rockingham | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Staunton | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Harrisonburg | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Highland | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Waynesboro | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Lexington | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:27 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:08 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Rappahannock | 118 min |
| Jan 8, 11:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 118 min |
| Jan 8, 11:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 118 min |
| Jan 8, 3:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 10:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 10:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Nelson | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Rappahannock | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Madison, Orange | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County4
- Rockbridge County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Lexington4
- Washington County3
- Nelson County3
- Page County3
- Loudoun County3
- Clarke County3
- Greene County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fauquier County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Madison County3
- Montgomery County2
- Augusta County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- Giles County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Highland County1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Alleghany County1
- City of Covington1
- Prince William County1
- Stafford County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Orange County1
- Fairfax County1
- City of Fairfax1
- Arlington County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Falls Church1
2 more counties
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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.