Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2009
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2009
8 flash flood watches in May 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 May 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 27, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County3
- Craig County3
- Floyd County3
- Giles County3
- Montgomery County3
- Patrick County3
- Pulaski County3
- City of Galax3
- City of Radford3
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- Page County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- City of Covington2
- Bland County2
- Grayson County2
- Wythe County2
- King George County2
- Stafford County2
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Franklin County1
25 more counties
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Culpeper County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fredericksburg1
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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.