Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 2024
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, August 2024
59 flash flood warnings in August 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 59
- Busiest day
- August 9, 202412 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 2, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, New Kent, York | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 12 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Warren | 77 min |
| Aug 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 112 min |
| Aug 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Rappahannock, Warren and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Prince Edward | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Warren | 10 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page, Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 115 min |
| Aug 17, 8:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 11:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | King William, New Kent | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northumberland | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 106 min |
| Aug 29, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Rockbridge | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fauquier, Prince William | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski, Wythe | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Prince William, Stafford | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 97 min |
| Aug 29, 10:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 110 min |
| Aug 30, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 85 min |
| Aug 30, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Russell, Washington | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henrico County6
- Warren County5
- Chesterfield County5
- City of Richmond5
- Fauquier County4
- Hanover County4
- Frederick County4
- Prince William County4
- Stafford County4
- Louisa County4
- New Kent County3
- Greene County3
- Madison County3
- Page County3
- Rockingham County3
- Fairfax County3
- King William County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Lee County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- Appomattox County2
- Campbell County2
- Bedford County2
- Charles City County2
- Loudoun County2
- Clarke County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Alleghany County2
- Botetourt County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Cumberland County2
- Albemarle County2
- Arlington County2
- City of Alexandria2
- Caroline County2
- Essex County2
- Northumberland County2
- Culpeper County2
54 more counties
- Wythe County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Goochland County2
- Tazewell County2
- James City County1
- York County1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Amherst County1
- Buckingham County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Floyd County1
- Montgomery County1
- Bath County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Winchester1
- Lunenburg County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Augusta County1
- Nelson County1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Shenandoah County1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- King and Queen County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Pulaski County1
- Orange County1
- Bland County1
- Grayson County1
- Smyth County1
- City of Suffolk1
- Russell County1
- Washington County1
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