Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2009
39 flash flood watches in 2009. 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 in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 39
- Busiest month
- June13 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- June 3, 20094 flash flood watches
Over time
By month
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 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 12:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 26 more | 20 hr |
| May 27, 1:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Giles, Grayson and 6 more | 11 hr |
| May 27, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 38 hr |
| May 28, 3:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 11 more | 26 hr |
| May 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 20 more | 7 hr |
| May 29, 12:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 29, 4:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 15 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Greene, King George, Madison and 15 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 46 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 23 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Gloucester and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 20 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Henry and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 23 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 29 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 29 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Tazewell | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 22 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 21 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 11 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 22 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 8 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 8 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Greene, King George, Madison and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 22 hr |
| Sep 25, 5:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 30 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 31 hr |
| Nov 10, 4:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 32 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County13
- Dickenson County13
- Carroll County9
- Floyd County9
- Giles County9
- Montgomery County9
- Pulaski County9
- City of Galax9
- City of Radford9
- Arlington County9
- Fairfax County9
- City of Alexandria9
- City of Fairfax9
- City of Falls Church9
- Craig County8
- Patrick County8
- Bland County8
- Grayson County8
- Wythe County8
- Alleghany County7
- Bath County7
- City of Covington7
- Tazewell County7
- Stafford County7
- Smyth County6
- Culpeper County6
- King George County6
- Orange County6
- Spotsylvania County6
- City of Fredericksburg6
- Clarke County5
- Frederick County5
- Page County5
- Rockingham County5
- City of Harrisonburg5
- City of Staunton5
- City of Waynesboro5
- City of Winchester5
- Amherst County5
- Bedford County5
50 more counties
- Botetourt County5
- Roanoke County5
- Rockbridge County5
- City of Buena Vista5
- City of Lexington5
- City of Roanoke5
- City of Salem5
- Greene County5
- Madison County5
- Nelson County5
- Rappahannock County5
- City of Charlottesville5
- Shenandoah County4
- Warren County4
- Franklin County4
- Henry County4
- City of Martinsville4
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Washington County3
- City of Bristol3
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- Caroline County2
- Lancaster County2
- Middlesex County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Amelia County1
- Charles City County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- James City County1
- Mathews County1
- New Kent County1
- Powhatan County1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Accomack County1
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Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.