Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2016
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, July 2016
8 flash flood watches in July 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 July 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- July 28, 20163 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Highland County2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Tazewell County2
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Botetourt County1
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
- Arlington County1
- Clarke County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Winchester1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
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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.