Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2011
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2011
12 flash flood watches in May 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 May 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 12
- Busiest day
- May 13, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County5
- Floyd County5
- City of Galax5
- Bland County4
- Grayson County4
- Montgomery County4
- Highland County4
- Giles County3
- Patrick County3
- Pulaski County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Radford3
- Alleghany County3
- Craig County3
- City of Covington3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Franklin County2
- Henry County2
- City of Martinsville2
- Botetourt County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- King George County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
23 more counties
- Shenandoah County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- Warren County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Bath County2
- Amherst County1
- Bedford County1
- Campbell County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
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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.