Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 2023
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, August 2023
23 flash flood warnings in August 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- August 28, 202317 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, City of Fairfax | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 10:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Patrick | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Pittsylvania | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, Prince George, Surry, York, City of Williamsburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County5
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Arlington County3
- City of Alexandria3
- Franklin County3
- Patrick County3
- City of Falls Church2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Brunswick County2
- Greensville County2
- James City County2
- Surry County2
- York County2
- City of Williamsburg2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- Prince William County1
- City of Fairfax1
- Floyd County1
- City of Danville1
- Henry County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Carroll County1
- Charles City County1
- Prince George County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- City of Poquoson1
- Amelia County1
- Grayson County1
- Smyth County1
- City of Emporia1
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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.