Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2011
38 flash flood watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 38
- Busiest month
- May12 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- April 15, 20112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 41 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 19 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 28 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 20 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 13 hr |
| May 11, 10:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 7 hr |
| May 12, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 9:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Highland | 12 hr |
| May 13, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 5 hr |
| May 17, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 44 hr |
| May 17, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell and 19 more | 24 hr |
| May 19, 4:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 14 hr |
| May 24, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 6 hr |
| May 24, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell | 4 hr |
| May 27, 4:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Highland | 19 hr |
| May 27, 6:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 8 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Madison, Nelson and 10 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene and 20 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Caroline, Fluvanna, Goochland, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 20 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 25 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, Madison and 15 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Lancaster and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 47 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 60 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 60 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 5 days |
| Sep 5, 5:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 47 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 30 more | 29 hr |
| Sep 23, 9:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania and 2 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County12
- Fairfax County12
- City of Alexandria12
- City of Fairfax12
- City of Falls Church12
- Stafford County11
- Highland County10
- Spotsylvania County10
- City of Fredericksburg10
- Carroll County10
- Floyd County10
- City of Galax10
- Greene County9
- Madison County9
- Nelson County9
- Rappahannock County9
- Rockingham County9
- City of Charlottesville9
- City of Harrisonburg9
- Bland County9
- Grayson County9
- Montgomery County9
- King George County9
- Clarke County8
- Culpeper County8
- Fauquier County8
- Orange County8
- Page County8
- Shenandoah County8
- City of Staunton8
- City of Waynesboro8
- Alleghany County8
- Craig County8
- Giles County8
- Patrick County8
- Pulaski County8
- Wythe County8
- City of Covington8
- City of Radford8
- Frederick County7
70 more counties
- Warren County7
- City of Winchester7
- Bath County7
- Botetourt County7
- Franklin County7
- Roanoke County7
- City of Roanoke7
- City of Salem7
- Smyth County7
- Tazewell County7
- Amherst County6
- Bedford County6
- Rockbridge County6
- City of Buena Vista6
- City of Lexington6
- Buchanan County5
- Dickenson County5
- Campbell County5
- City of Lynchburg5
- Henry County4
- City of Martinsville4
- Pittsylvania County4
- City of Danville4
- Appomattox County4
- Buckingham County4
- Charlotte County3
- Halifax County3
- Northumberland County3
- Richmond County3
- Westmoreland County3
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Caroline County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Accomack County2
- Charles City County2
- Gloucester County2
- Greensville County2
- James City County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Prince George County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
The busiest days
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. Rebuilt daily.