Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 2020
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, August 2020
83 flash flood warnings in August 2020. 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 83
- Busiest day
- August 15, 202016 flash flood warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | James City, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Prince George and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, New Kent, Prince George | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William, New Kent | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Mathews, Middlesex | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 96 min |
| Aug 7, 12:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 113 min |
| Aug 7, 1:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 117 min |
| Aug 9, 6:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico | 93 min |
| Aug 11, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 113 min |
| Aug 12, 4:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 118 min |
| Aug 12, 7:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William | 109 min |
| Aug 12, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Middlesex | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 7:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, Henrico, King William | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | James City, York | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Richmond | 83 min |
| Aug 15, 5:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 73 min |
| Aug 15, 6:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Powhatan | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Hopewell | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | York, City of Newport News | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Surry | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Surry | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Dickenson | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge | 5 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 116 min |
| Aug 24, 7:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania | 93 min |
| Aug 28, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 93 min |
| Aug 28, 9:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 78 min |
| Aug 28, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 99 min |
| Aug 31, 12:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Patrick | 4 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 7:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chesterfield County10
- Henrico County8
- Hanover County6
- City of Richmond6
- York County5
- City of Newport News5
- Augusta County5
- Prince William County5
- Surry County5
- Dickenson County4
- City of Staunton4
- Loudoun County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Fairfax County4
- James City County3
- Prince George County3
- King William County3
- Montgomery County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Buchanan County3
- City of Hampton3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Dinwiddie County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- Charles City County2
- New Kent County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Essex County2
- King and Queen County2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Carroll County2
- Pulaski County2
- Wythe County2
- Middlesex County2
- Albemarle County2
- City of Norfolk2
- Nelson County2
- Alleghany County2
44 more counties
- Botetourt County2
- Amelia County2
- City of Poquoson2
- Henry County2
- Patrick County2
- Arlington County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Falls Church2
- Stafford County2
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- City of Suffolk1
- Goochland County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Northumberland County1
- Floyd County1
- Mathews County1
- Grayson County1
- Smyth County1
- Gloucester County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Tazewell County1
- Caroline County1
- City of Covington1
- City of Radford1
- Powhatan County1
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Bath County1
- Amherst County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Culpeper County1
- Fauquier County1
- Orange 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. Rebuilt daily.