Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2018
59 flash flood watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 59
- Busiest month
- June14 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- June 22, 20184 flash flood watches
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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 15, 3:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 21 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 10 more | 13 hr |
| May 15, 4:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 12 more | 20 hr |
| May 17, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 68 hr |
| May 26, 3:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 2 more | 15 hr |
| May 27, 4:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 13 more | 16 hr |
| May 28, 3:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buckingham and 27 more | 3 days |
| May 30, 4:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 11 more | 25 hr |
| May 31, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 13 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 25 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 41 more | 39 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 22 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Northumberland and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 9 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene and 17 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 32 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax | 12 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene and 17 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 32 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 18 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 13 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Loudoun, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 14 more | 23 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Loudoun, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 68 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 23 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 41 more | 52 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Loudoun, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Culpeper, Greene, Madison and 11 more | 72 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 62 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 64 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Highland and 12 more | 3 days |
| Aug 3, 3:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Lunenburg and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 11, 10:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 10 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 23 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Frederick, Loudoun, Shenandoah and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Halifax, Henry and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 31, 11:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 13 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 23 more | 19 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 8 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 26 more | 4 days |
| Sep 16, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 52 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 26 more | 14 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll and 18 more | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 24 more | 51 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 47 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, King George, Nelson, Orange and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 48 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County24
- Amherst County24
- Warren County19
- Page County18
- Rockingham County18
- Greene County17
- Madison County17
- Rappahannock County17
- Shenandoah County17
- Fairfax County17
- City of Fairfax17
- Arlington County16
- Loudoun County16
- City of Alexandria16
- City of Falls Church16
- Grayson County15
- City of Harrisonburg15
- Carroll County14
- Floyd County14
- City of Galax14
- Franklin County13
- Henry County13
- Patrick County13
- City of Martinsville13
- Albemarle County13
- Augusta County13
- Nelson County13
- Clarke County13
- Culpeper County13
- Fauquier County13
- Frederick County13
- City of Winchester13
- Stafford County13
- Montgomery County12
- Roanoke County12
- City of Roanoke12
- City of Salem12
- City of Staunton12
- City of Waynesboro12
- Botetourt County11
86 more counties
- Wythe County11
- City of Buena Vista11
- City of Lexington11
- Highland County11
- Bedford County11
- Pittsylvania County11
- City of Danville11
- City of Charlottesville11
- Campbell County10
- Halifax County10
- City of Lynchburg10
- Orange County10
- Spotsylvania County10
- City of Fredericksburg10
- Bland County9
- Pulaski County9
- Smyth County9
- City of Radford9
- King George County9
- Bath County8
- Giles County8
- Tazewell County8
- Appomattox County8
- Buckingham County8
- Caroline County8
- Essex County8
- King and Queen County8
- King William County8
- Alleghany County7
- Craig County7
- City of Covington7
- Charlotte County7
- Amelia County7
- Cumberland County7
- Fluvanna County7
- Goochland County7
- Louisa County7
- Nottoway County7
- Powhatan County7
- Prince Edward County7
- Chesterfield County6
- Dinwiddie County6
- Gloucester County6
- Hanover County6
- Henrico County6
- James City County6
- Mathews County6
- Middlesex County6
- New Kent County6
- York County6
- City of Chesapeake6
- City of Colonial Heights6
- City of Hampton6
- City of Newport News6
- City of Poquoson6
- City of Richmond6
- City of Virginia Beach6
- City of Williamsburg6
- Charles City County5
- Lancaster County5
- Lunenburg County5
- Mecklenburg County5
- Northumberland County5
- Prince George County5
- Richmond County5
- Southampton County5
- Surry County5
- Sussex County5
- Westmoreland County5
- City of Franklin5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Petersburg5
- Brunswick County4
- Greensville County3
- City of Emporia3
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Lee County3
- Russell County3
- Scott County3
- Washington County3
- Wise County3
- City of Bristol3
- City of Norton3
- Accomack County1
- Northampton 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.