Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 2009
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, May 2009
24 flash flood warnings in May 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 May 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 24
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20094 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tazewell County6
- Bland County5
- Giles County4
- Smyth County3
- Grayson County3
- Montgomery County3
- Wythe County2
- Craig County2
- Bedford County2
- Campbell County2
- Carroll County2
- City of Galax2
- Arlington County2
- Fairfax County2
- Loudoun County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Radford2
- Pulaski County2
- City of Suffolk1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Floyd County1
- Patrick County1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- City of Covington1
- Nelson County1
- Frederick County1
- Botetourt County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
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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.