Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2009
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, August 2009
9 flash flood watches in August 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 August 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- August 2, 20092 flash flood watches
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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County4
- Dickenson County4
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- Culpeper County2
- King George County2
- Orange County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Rappahannock County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Accomack County1
- Caroline County1
- Lancaster County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northumberland County1
2 more counties
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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.