Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2015
73 flash flood warnings in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 73
- Busiest month
- July35 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- July 27, 201510 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 19, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski, Wythe | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 4 hr |
| May 11, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 16, 7:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth, Wythe | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Madison, City of Charlottesville | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Falls Church | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 117 min |
| Jul 5, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Page, Rappahannock | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Shenandoah, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 118 min |
| Aug 18, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Patrick | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Rappahannock | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, City of Radford | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Orange, City of Charlottesville | 2 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:47 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County9
- Greene County6
- City of Charlottesville6
- Arlington County6
- Fairfax County6
- City of Alexandria6
- City of Falls Church5
- Culpeper County5
- Page County5
- Nelson County5
- Stafford County4
- Tazewell County4
- Rockingham County4
- Madison County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Shenandoah County4
- Orange County4
- Augusta County4
- Grayson County3
- Pulaski County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Roanoke County3
- Loudoun County3
- Frederick County3
- Warren County3
- Fauquier County3
- Wythe County2
- Smyth County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Franklin County2
- Henry County2
- Prince William County2
- City of Fairfax2
- Washington County2
- Giles County2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
22 more counties
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Staunton2
- Patrick County2
- Floyd County2
- Carroll County1
- Botetourt County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- King George County1
- City of Bristol1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Greensville County1
- Sussex County1
- Lee County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Bland County1
- Montgomery County1
- City of Radford1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax 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.