Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2015
36 flash flood watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 36
- Busiest month
- July16 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- June 19, 20153 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 17 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 32 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 21 more | 38 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Giles and 13 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 40 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 35 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 19 more | 18 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 41 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 3 days |
| Jul 3, 2:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Giles, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 10 more | 25 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 24 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Highland | 10 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 39 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Craig, Giles, Tazewell and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 20 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 32 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, Highland and 13 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 8 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 18 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more | 23 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell and 24 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 25 more | 50 hr |
| Oct 1, 5:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 70 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 69 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 41 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 27 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 10 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Charlotte, Grayson, Halifax, Henry, Patrick and 5 more | 42 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 20 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 23 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County12
- Arlington County10
- Fairfax County10
- City of Alexandria10
- City of Fairfax10
- City of Falls Church10
- Amherst County10
- Buchanan County9
- Dickenson County9
- Alleghany County9
- Bath County9
- Craig County9
- Wythe County9
- City of Covington9
- Page County8
- Rockingham County8
- Shenandoah County8
- City of Harrisonburg8
- Highland County8
- Bland County8
- Giles County8
- Montgomery County8
- Pulaski County8
- Tazewell County8
- City of Radford8
- Carroll County8
- Floyd County8
- Grayson County8
- City of Galax8
- Fauquier County7
- Greene County7
- Loudoun County7
- Madison County7
- Rappahannock County7
- Warren County7
- Botetourt County7
- Roanoke County7
- Smyth County7
- City of Buena Vista7
- City of Lexington7
37 more counties
- City of Roanoke7
- City of Salem7
- Clarke County6
- Culpeper County6
- City of Staunton6
- City of Waynesboro6
- Bedford County6
- Patrick County6
- Frederick County5
- City of Winchester5
- Albemarle County5
- Augusta County5
- Nelson County5
- Franklin County5
- Orange County4
- City of Charlottesville4
- Campbell County4
- Halifax County4
- Henry County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- City of Danville4
- City of Lynchburg4
- City of Martinsville4
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Lee County3
- Russell County3
- Scott County3
- Washington County3
- Wise County3
- City of Bristol3
- City of Norton3
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Charlotte County3
- King George County1
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.