Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2019
52 flash flood warnings in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 52
- Busiest month
- July18 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- June 7, 20198 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, 2:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Galax | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee, Scott, Wise | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 4 hr |
| May 4, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 3 hr |
| May 4, 10:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 3 hr |
| May 5, 1:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 hr |
| May 12, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 2 hr |
| May 31, 8:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, New Kent | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | James City | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Charlotte | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Patrick | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 116 min |
| Jul 4, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William | 72 min |
| Jul 6, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Nelson | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, City of Lynchburg | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Falls Church | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 114 min |
| Jul 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bath | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson | 105 min |
| Jul 21, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 96 min |
| Aug 7, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 114 min |
| Aug 20, 10:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 87 min |
| Sep 6, 9:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Galax, City of Radford | 112 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County5
- Henrico County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Norfolk4
- Carroll County3
- City of Galax3
- Amherst County3
- Bedford County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Halifax County3
- Hanover County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- Pulaski County2
- Campbell County2
- Prince William County2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- City of Richmond2
- Charles City County2
- New Kent County2
- City of Suffolk2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Brunswick County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Appomattox County2
- Charlotte County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Nelson County2
- City of Alexandria2
- Bath County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Orange County2
- Augusta County2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Virginia Beach2
30 more counties
- Wythe County1
- Lee County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- Botetourt County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- James City County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Franklin1
- Roanoke County1
- Henry County1
- Loudoun County1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fairfax1
- Alleghany County1
- City of Covington1
- Albemarle County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Smyth County1
- Washington County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Radford1
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.