Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 2023
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, July 2023
55 flash flood warnings in July 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 July 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 55
- Busiest day
- July 16, 202315 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | King George, Stafford | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | King George | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | King George, Stafford | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 93 min |
| Jul 6, 12:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 11:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington | 99 min |
| Jul 7, 2:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell | 107 min |
| Jul 8, 12:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond | 83 min |
| Jul 8, 1:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 92 min |
| Jul 8, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Surry | 105 min |
| Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna | 112 min |
| Jul 9, 2:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 86 min |
| Jul 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Nottoway | 69 min |
| Jul 9, 3:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 4:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 10 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Craig, Giles, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | City of Bristol | 114 min |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Highland | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Washington | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 104 min |
| Jul 15, 9:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Rockbridge and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 10:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 11:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Pittsylvania | 5 hr |
| Jul 15, 11:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Louisa | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex, New Kent and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, York, City of Williamsburg | 78 min |
| Jul 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 111 min |
| Jul 19, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 72 min |
| Jul 20, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna | 108 min |
| Jul 23, 5:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 116 min |
| Jul 24, 10:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Page, Shenandoah | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Westmoreland County5
- Appomattox County5
- City of Chesapeake4
- Bedford County4
- Campbell County4
- City of Norfolk4
- Albemarle County3
- King George County3
- Fairfax County3
- Richmond County3
- Fluvanna County3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Amherst County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Essex County3
- City of Portsmouth3
- Nelson County2
- Stafford County2
- Arlington County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Lancaster County2
- Northumberland County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- City of Richmond2
- Nottoway County2
- City of Bristol2
- Washington County2
- Louisa County2
- Botetourt County2
- Carroll County2
- Caroline County2
- King and Queen County2
- Gloucester County2
- James City County2
- York County2
- City of Suffolk2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- Shenandoah County2
35 more counties
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- Surry County1
- Brunswick County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Highland County1
- Loudoun County1
- Grayson County1
- Smyth County1
- Wythe County1
- Scott County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- Floyd County1
- Patrick County1
- Buckingham County1
- Charlotte County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- King William County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Accomack County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
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Sources
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