Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2016
36 flash flood watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 36
- Busiest month
- June11 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- June 4, 20163 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 38 hr |
| May 2, 3:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 18 hr |
| May 12, 2:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 13 hr |
| May 29, 5:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | King George | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 20 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier and 20 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 24 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Nelson and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 17 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene and 11 more | 42 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 42 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, Tazewell and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 28 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig and 14 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Highland | 39 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Rockbridge and 3 more | 37 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 10 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Tazewell | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 30 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene and 13 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Tazewell | 10 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery and 7 more | 36 hr |
| Aug 17, 11:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 14 more | 11 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Greensville, James City, Northampton, Southampton, Surry and 10 more | 48 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Virginia Beach | 48 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 58 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna and 18 more | 44 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax and 6 more | 26 hr |
| Sep 29, 7:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 30, 11:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Hanover, Henrico and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Lancaster, Mathews and 15 more | 59 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County14
- Amherst County13
- Greene County9
- Rockingham County9
- Shenandoah County9
- Warren County9
- City of Harrisonburg9
- City of Buena Vista8
- City of Lexington8
- Madison County8
- Page County8
- Rappahannock County8
- Buchanan County8
- Dickenson County8
- Botetourt County7
- Clarke County7
- Frederick County7
- Highland County7
- City of Winchester7
- Albemarle County6
- Augusta County6
- Fauquier County6
- Nelson County6
- City of Charlottesville6
- City of Staunton6
- City of Waynesboro6
- Alleghany County6
- Bath County6
- Tazewell County6
- City of Covington6
- Arlington County5
- Culpeper County5
- Fairfax County5
- Loudoun County5
- Orange County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Falls Church5
- Spotsylvania County4
- Stafford County4
79 more counties
- City of Fredericksburg4
- Giles County4
- Bedford County3
- Carroll County3
- Floyd County3
- Grayson County3
- Roanoke County3
- City of Galax3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Bland County3
- Craig County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pulaski County3
- Smyth County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Radford3
- Southampton County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Patrick County2
- King George County2
- Appomattox County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Accomack County2
- Greensville County2
- James City County2
- Northampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Caroline County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Essex County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Richmond2
- Franklin County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Amelia County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Halifax County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- Charles City County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- Gloucester County1
- Mathews 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.