Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2009
123 flash flood warnings in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 123
- Busiest month
- June49 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- June 4, 200910 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson, Wythe | 4 hr |
| May 5, 11:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 97 min |
| May 7, 6:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 3 hr |
| May 8, 9:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| May 9, 12:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 4 hr |
| May 9, 3:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Craig, Giles, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| May 14, 10:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford | 6 hr |
| May 14, 11:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 6 hr |
| May 15, 12:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell | 6 hr |
| May 15, 2:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| May 16, 3:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 9 hr |
| May 16, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 2 hr |
| May 26, 7:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 4 hr |
| May 26, 7:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 4 hr |
| May 27, 1:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 5 hr |
| May 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell, Wythe | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 4 hr |
| May 28, 4:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 2 hr |
| May 28, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 6 hr |
| May 28, 9:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 84 min |
| May 28, 10:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 4 hr |
| May 28, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 2 hr |
| May 29, 2:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Tazewell | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Patrick | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange | 113 min |
| Jun 3, 1:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 113 min |
| Jun 3, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 116 min |
| Jun 3, 5:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 118 min |
| Jun 3, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, James City, King William and 3 more | 113 min |
| Jun 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wythe | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 114 min |
| Jun 4, 7:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Wythe | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 90 min |
| Jun 11, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 114 min |
| Jun 11, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski, Wythe, City of Radford | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 111 min |
| Jun 16, 12:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Patrick | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 113 min |
| Jun 17, 3:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth, Wythe | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 12 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Wise, City of Norton | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Smyth, Wythe | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 6:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Patrick | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Craig, Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Martinsville | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 110 min |
| Aug 12, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 94 min |
| Aug 12, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | York, City of Newport News | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wythe | 112 min |
| Aug 17, 7:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bath | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wythe | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 110 min |
| Aug 22, 11:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | King and Queen | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 2 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 10:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 2 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee, Wise, City of Norton | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 110 min |
| Sep 26, 2:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 5 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tazewell County14
- Smyth County13
- Wythe County12
- Bland County10
- Grayson County9
- Dickenson County8
- Montgomery County7
- Roanoke County7
- City of Roanoke7
- Giles County6
- City of Salem6
- Buchanan County6
- Carroll County5
- Floyd County5
- Patrick County5
- Fairfax County5
- Pulaski County5
- Pittsylvania County5
- Franklin County5
- Craig County4
- Campbell County4
- Arlington County4
- Loudoun County4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Radford4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Halifax County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- Amherst County3
- Bedford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- Albemarle County3
- Washington County3
- City of Bristol3
- Charlotte County3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- Scott County3
49 more counties
- Lee County3
- Appomattox County2
- City of Galax2
- Bath County2
- Botetourt County2
- Orange County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- City of Danville2
- Henry County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Accomack County2
- Southampton County2
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Alleghany County1
- City of Covington1
- Nelson County1
- Frederick County1
- Essex County1
- Middlesex County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- James City County1
- New Kent County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Richmond1
- Stafford County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Augusta County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Russell County1
- Buckingham County1
- Gloucester County1
- Mathews County1
- City of Franklin1
- Greensville County1
- Northumberland County1
- City of Hampton1
- York County1
- City of Newport News1
- Shenandoah County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.