Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2018
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2018
7 flash flood watches in May 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 May 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20181 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greene County5
- Madison County5
- Page County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Rockingham County5
- Shenandoah County5
- Warren County5
- Arlington County3
- Clarke County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Frederick County3
- Loudoun County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Winchester3
- Amherst County3
- Rockbridge County3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Bland County2
- Botetourt County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Carroll County2
- Charlotte County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
24 more counties
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Danville2
- City of Galax2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Craig County1
- City of Covington1
- Stafford County1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Highland County1
- Nelson County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
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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.