Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2013
38 flash flood watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 38
- Busiest month
- July15 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- June 10, 20134 flash flood watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 4:39 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 32 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Frederick, Highland, Page and 10 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 28 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Galax, City of Radford | 24 hr |
| May 7, 1:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 10 hr |
| May 18, 5:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 23 hr |
| May 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 26 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 21 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, Highland and 19 more | 26 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 30 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 22 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Orange and 6 more | 40 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 30 more | 54 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 5 days |
| Jul 3, 3:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 66 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 29 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 52 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 18 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham and 27 more | 44 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 30 more | 32 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson and 8 more | 21 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 66 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Greene, Highland, Madison, Nelson, Page, Rappahannock and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 40 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 28 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery and 7 more | 27 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Frederick, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 2 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County12
- Carroll County11
- Pulaski County11
- Smyth County11
- Wythe County11
- City of Galax11
- City of Radford11
- Buchanan County10
- Dickenson County10
- Floyd County10
- Montgomery County10
- Patrick County10
- Arlington County9
- Fairfax County9
- City of Alexandria9
- City of Fairfax9
- City of Falls Church9
- Botetourt County9
- Roanoke County9
- City of Roanoke9
- City of Salem9
- Alleghany County8
- Bedford County8
- Bland County8
- Craig County8
- Franklin County8
- Giles County8
- Rockbridge County8
- City of Buena Vista8
- City of Covington8
- City of Lexington8
- Amherst County7
- Bath County7
- Tazewell County7
- Culpeper County7
- Fauquier County7
- Greene County7
- Madison County7
- Nelson County7
- Orange County7
63 more counties
- Spotsylvania County7
- Stafford County7
- City of Charlottesville7
- City of Fredericksburg7
- Page County6
- Rockingham County6
- Shenandoah County6
- Warren County6
- City of Harrisonburg6
- City of Staunton6
- City of Waynesboro6
- King George County6
- Rappahannock County6
- Clarke County5
- Frederick County5
- Highland County5
- City of Winchester5
- Campbell County5
- City of Lynchburg5
- Halifax County4
- Henry County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- City of Danville4
- City of Martinsville4
- Amelia County4
- Brunswick County4
- Caroline County4
- Charles City County4
- Cumberland County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Fluvanna County4
- Gloucester County4
- Goochland County4
- Greensville County4
- James City County4
- Lancaster County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Mathews County4
- Mecklenburg County4
- Middlesex County4
- New Kent County4
- Northumberland County4
- Nottoway County4
- Powhatan County4
- Prince Edward County4
- Prince George County4
- Richmond County4
- Southampton County4
- Surry County4
- Sussex County4
- Westmoreland County4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Petersburg4
- City of Williamsburg4
- Appomattox County4
- Buckingham County4
- Charlotte County3
- Accomack County3
- Northampton County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Virginia Beach3
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.