Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2017
50 flash flood warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 50
- Busiest month
- June14 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- June 16, 20177 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth, Wythe | 6 hr |
| May 18, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 3 hr |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 3 hr |
| May 20, 1:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 6 hr |
| May 20, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Craig | 6 hr |
| May 22, 6:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 4 hr |
| May 24, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 97 min |
| May 24, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 6 hr |
| May 25, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 4 hr |
| May 27, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 4 hr |
| May 27, 8:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Rockingham, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, City of Manassas Park | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford | 2 hr |
| Oct 10, 11:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Craig | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 12:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 5:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, City of Covington | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County6
- Albemarle County5
- Arlington County5
- Smyth County4
- Carroll County4
- Grayson County4
- Rockingham County4
- Greene County4
- Wythe County3
- Buchanan County3
- Craig County3
- Henry County3
- City of Martinsville3
- Floyd County3
- Patrick County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Falls Church3
- Bland County2
- Tazewell County2
- Clarke County2
- Loudoun County2
- Dickenson County2
- Botetourt County2
- Bedford County2
- Nelson County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- Madison County2
- City of Fairfax2
- Essex County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Shenandoah County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
27 more counties
- Wise County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Amherst County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Page County1
- Warren County1
- Augusta County1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Frederick County1
- City of Winchester1
- Fauquier County1
- Prince William County1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Lancaster County1
- Middlesex County1
- Accomack County1
- City of Galax1
- Alleghany County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- City of Covington1
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.