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Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, May 2018

50 flash flood warnings in May 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Flash Flood Warnings
50
Busiest day
May 18, 201810 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 3:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene, Orange5 hr
May 14, 4:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Nelson5 hr
May 14, 6:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church3 hr
May 14, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPage2 hr
May 14, 7:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Nelson114 min
May 15, 2:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKCarroll, Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth, Wythe3 hr
May 15, 3:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBotetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem87 min
May 17, 4:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKHalifax5 hr
May 17, 6:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKAppomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Craig, City of Lynchburg6 hr
May 17, 7:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKRoanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem6 hr
May 17, 8:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFranklin6 hr
May 18, 5:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQChesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan3 hr
May 18, 5:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQDinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway3 hr
May 18, 3:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKCarroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick6 hr
May 18, 3:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville6 hr
May 18, 3:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville6 hr
May 18, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and 2 more3 hr
May 18, 4:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKCarroll, Patrick6 hr
May 18, 5:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax6 hr
May 18, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, City of Hopewell2 hr
May 19, 3:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKGrayson2 hr
May 19, 8:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBedford6 hr
May 19, 9:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFranklin, Henry, Patrick6 hr
May 20, 5:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKPatrick4 hr
May 21, 2:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKHenry, Patrick, City of Martinsville6 hr
May 21, 5:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBath4 hr
May 21, 6:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKRoanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem3 hr
May 21, 10:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXRockingham3 hr
May 22, 6:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQChesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond92 min
May 22, 7:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKAppomattox, Buckingham6 hr
May 26, 8:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKSmyth, Tazewell6 hr
May 26, 11:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBland, Giles, Pulaski, Wythe5 hr
May 26, 12:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXWise3 hr
May 26, 12:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXRussell, Washington6 hr
May 26, 2:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFauquier, Rappahannock3 hr
May 27, 3:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKRoanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem6 hr
May 27, 5:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXWashington, City of Bristol54 min
May 27, 9:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKAmherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg3 hr
May 30, 7:19 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville9 hr
May 30, 7:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXGreene, Madison12 hr
May 30, 8:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle3 hr
May 30, 10:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBotetourt4 hr
May 30, 10:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene, Madison9 hr
May 31, 2:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAugusta, City of Waynesboro3 hr
May 31, 3:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison, Orange6 hr
May 31, 5:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFauquier, Loudoun92 min
May 31, 6:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXRockingham, City of Harrisonburg3 hr
May 31, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXNelson30 min
May 31, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene92 min
May 31, 7:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXGreene, Madison90 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.