Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 2023
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, May 2023
8 flash flood warnings in May 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 17, 20234 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 5 hr |
| May 16, 9:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George | 3 hr |
| May 29, 8:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 6 hr |
| May 29, 8:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 6 hr |
| May 29, 9:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Roanoke | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henrico County3
- Powhatan County2
- City of Richmond2
- Tazewell County2
- Amelia County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Cumberland County1
- Goochland County1
- Charles City County1
- New Kent County1
- Prince George County1
- Bland County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Roanoke County1
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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.