Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2012
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2012
6 flash flood watches in May 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 May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20123 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County4
- City of Galax4
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Grayson County3
- Henry County3
- Patrick County3
- City of Martinsville3
- Rockbridge County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Lexington3
- Bland County2
- Giles County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Amherst County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Craig County1
- City of Covington1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Clarke County1
- Fauquier County1
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. Rebuilt daily.