Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2012
28 flash flood watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 28
- Busiest month
- July7 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20123 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:39 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 15 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Tazewell, City of Covington | 20 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Highland, Nelson, Rockingham, City of Charlottesville, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll and 12 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 19 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 17 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Giles and 5 more | 12 hr |
| May 13, 4:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson and 13 more | 34 hr |
| May 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Carroll, Franklin, Henry, Patrick and 5 more | 11 hr |
| May 15, 5:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin and 8 more | 17 hr |
| May 22, 3:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 18 hr |
| May 22, 3:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 18 hr |
| May 22, 7:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Galax and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 9 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland and 17 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 19 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville, James City and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 33 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Grayson | 11 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 17, 5:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 14 more | 34 hr |
| Sep 18, 1:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County9
- Grayson County9
- City of Galax9
- Tazewell County8
- Floyd County8
- Patrick County8
- Franklin County7
- Henry County7
- City of Martinsville7
- Bland County6
- Smyth County6
- Buchanan County5
- Dickenson County5
- Nelson County5
- Rockingham County5
- City of Charlottesville5
- City of Harrisonburg5
- City of Staunton5
- City of Waynesboro5
- Amherst County5
- Bedford County5
- Wythe County5
- Rockbridge County5
- City of Buena Vista5
- City of Lexington5
- Roanoke County5
- City of Roanoke5
- City of Salem5
- Clarke County5
- Fauquier County5
- Alleghany County4
- Bath County4
- City of Covington4
- Highland County4
- Botetourt County4
- Giles County4
- Montgomery County4
- Pulaski County4
- City of Radford4
- Arlington County4
49 more counties
- Culpeper County4
- Fairfax County4
- Frederick County4
- Greene County4
- Madison County4
- Orange County4
- Page County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Shenandoah County4
- Warren County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Winchester4
- King George County4
- Stafford County4
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Craig County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- Brunswick County1
- Charles City County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mathews County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Northampton County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
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.