Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2017
27 flash flood watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- May8 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- July 27, 20173 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 22, 3:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 54 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 47 hr |
| May 11, 4:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 42 hr |
| May 11, 6:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Giles and 5 more | 16 hr |
| May 20, 2:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 31 hr |
| May 21, 4:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 18 hr |
| May 24, 4:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles and 17 more | 20 hr |
| May 25, 2:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 17 hr |
| May 27, 4:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 39 hr |
| May 28, 11:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Highland | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Fauquier, Greene, Highland and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Wise, City of Norton | 12 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 40 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 17 more | 20 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 28 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 30 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 17 more | 48 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William and 6 more | 42 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 18 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Southampton, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Charles City, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 14 more | 41 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 22 hr |
| Oct 23, 10:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County9
- Dickenson County9
- Fauquier County5
- Madison County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Arlington County5
- Fairfax County5
- Spotsylvania County5
- Stafford County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Falls Church5
- City of Fredericksburg5
- Grayson County4
- Greene County4
- Culpeper County4
- Loudoun County4
- Orange County4
- King George County4
- Tazewell County3
- Carroll County3
- City of Galax3
- Page County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- Accomack County3
- Lancaster County3
- Northumberland County3
- Lee County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Bland County2
- Craig County2
- Giles County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Patrick County2
- Smyth County2
57 more counties
- Highland County2
- Nelson County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- City of Winchester2
- Gloucester County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Botetourt County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Albemarle County1
- Amherst County1
- Augusta County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Caroline County1
- Essex County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Franklin1
- Charles City County1
- James City County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Surry County1
- City of Williamsburg1
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.