Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 2002
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, May 2002
21 flash flood warnings in May 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 21
- Busiest day
- May 27, 20029 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 2, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| May 2, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 3 hr |
| May 2, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| May 2, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 3 hr |
| May 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 3 hr |
| May 2, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland | 3 hr |
| May 2, 7:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski | 2 hr |
| May 2, 7:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 6 hr |
| May 8, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 110 min |
| May 8, 11:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 93 min |
| May 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 62 min |
| May 26, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 86 min |
| May 27, 4:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 115 min |
| May 27, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 2 hr |
| May 27, 3:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 2 hr |
| May 27, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 67 min |
| May 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 118 min |
| May 27, 5:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 2 hr |
| May 27, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Stafford | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County3
- Tazewell County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Giles County1
- Bland County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Henry County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- Fairfax County1
- City of Fairfax1
- Loudoun County1
- Nelson County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Albemarle County1
- Franklin County1
- Stafford 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.