Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2011
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, August 2011
5 flash flood watches in August 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 August 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- August 26, 20112 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County4
- Fairfax County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Culpeper County2
- Fauquier County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Rappahannock County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- King George County2
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Accomack County1
- Charles City County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Chesapeake1
Nearby
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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.