Flash Flood Watches in Virginia
542 flash flood watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 542
- Busiest year
- 202064 flash flood watches
- Average year
- 26over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County142
- Amherst County138
- Fairfax County137
- City of Fairfax137
- Arlington County135
- City of Alexandria135
- City of Falls Church135
- Carroll County114
- Grayson County114
- Rockingham County114
- City of Galax114
- Floyd County108
- Greene County108
- Madison County108
- Page County108
- City of Harrisonburg107
- Rappahannock County106
- Warren County106
- Shenandoah County103
- Wythe County98
- Montgomery County97
- Patrick County97
- Nelson County96
- City of Staunton95
- City of Waynesboro95
- Buchanan County94
- Bland County93
- Culpeper County93
- Dickenson County93
- Pulaski County93
- City of Radford93
- Stafford County92
- Botetourt County89
- Roanoke County89
- Smyth County89
- Tazewell County89
- City of Charlottesville89
- City of Roanoke89
- City of Salem89
- Fauquier County89
86 more counties
- Giles County88
- City of Buena Vista88
- City of Lexington88
- Clarke County87
- Frederick County85
- City of Winchester85
- Franklin County84
- Alleghany County82
- Craig County82
- Orange County82
- City of Covington82
- Bath County80
- Spotsylvania County80
- City of Fredericksburg80
- Bedford County79
- Highland County73
- King George County71
- Campbell County65
- Henry County65
- City of Lynchburg65
- City of Martinsville65
- Loudoun County65
- Pittsylvania County55
- City of Danville55
- Albemarle County54
- Augusta County54
- Appomattox County51
- Buckingham County51
- James City County47
- City of Williamsburg47
- Charles City County45
- Halifax County45
- New Kent County45
- Caroline County44
- Richmond County44
- Southampton County44
- Westmoreland County44
- City of Franklin44
- Charlotte County42
- Powhatan County42
- Surry County42
- Lancaster County41
- Northumberland County41
- Prince George County41
- City of Chesapeake41
- City of Hopewell41
- City of Petersburg41
- City of Virginia Beach41
- Amelia County40
- Gloucester County40
- Middlesex County40
- Cumberland County39
- Goochland County39
- Mathews County39
- Sussex County39
- Fluvanna County38
- Greensville County37
- Nottoway County37
- City of Emporia37
- Dinwiddie County36
- Prince Edward County35
- Brunswick County32
- Lunenburg County32
- Mecklenburg County31
- King William County30
- York County30
- City of Newport News30
- City of Poquoson30
- Chesterfield County29
- Henrico County29
- King and Queen County29
- City of Colonial Heights29
- City of Hampton29
- City of Richmond29
- Accomack County28
- Lee County28
- Hanover County28
- Essex County27
- Northampton County26
- Wise County26
- City of Norton26
- Russell County25
- Scott County25
- Washington County25
- City of Bristol25
- Louisa County20
The latest flash flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Patrick | 22 hr |
Nearby
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.