Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 1998
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, March 1998
26 flash flood warnings in March 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 March 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 26
- Busiest day
- March 21, 199812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 5:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 104 min |
| Mar 20, 7:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 6:11 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 118 min |
| Mar 20, 7:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 118 min |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Winchester | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock, Warren | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Winchester | 2 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Loudoun | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Roanoke County4
- City of Roanoke4
- City of Salem4
- Montgomery County3
- Loudoun County3
- Fauquier County3
- Halifax County2
- City of Winchester2
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Warren County2
- Charlotte County1
- Grayson County1
- Giles County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Albemarle County1
- Page County1
- Shenandoah 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. Rebuilt daily.