Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings / 2024
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, May 2024
21 flash flood warnings in May 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 May 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 21
- Busiest day
- May 6, 20245 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 4, 5:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| May 4, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Buchanan | 4 hr |
| May 6, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 3 hr |
| May 6, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 2 hr |
| May 6, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford | 3 hr |
| May 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| May 6, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Richmond | 2 hr |
| May 6, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 3 hr |
| May 6, 9:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 2 hr |
| May 14, 9:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 6 hr |
| May 18, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | Lee | 4 hr |
| May 22, 5:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 6 hr |
| May 22, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 6 hr |
| May 24, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King William | 114 min |
| May 24, 4:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 2 hr |
| May 26, 2:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 2 hr |
| May 26, 1:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Caroline County3
- Chesterfield County2
- Henrico County2
- City of Richmond2
- Richmond County2
- Grayson County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Portsmouth2
- Mecklenburg County1
- Buchanan County1
- Albemarle County1
- Nelson County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Amherst County1
- Bedford County1
- Northumberland County1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- Brunswick County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Halifax County1
- Lee County1
- Essex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- Hanover County1
- King William County1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Surry 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.