Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2018
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, August 2018
10 flash flood watches in August 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 August 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 10
- Busiest day
- August 1, 20184 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County5
- City of Fairfax5
- Warren County4
- Arlington County4
- Loudoun County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Falls Church4
- Amherst County3
- Page County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Rockingham County3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Shenandoah County3
- City of Winchester3
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Culpeper County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Carroll County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Grayson County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Galax2
- City of Martinsville2
39 more counties
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Fauquier County2
- Highland County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Alleghany County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Pulaski County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Radford1
- Amelia County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
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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.