Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2018
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, September 2018
13 flash flood watches in September 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 September 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 13
- Busiest day
- September 1, 20182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County8
- Rockbridge County8
- Grayson County7
- Carroll County6
- City of Galax6
- Floyd County5
- Bland County5
- Wythe County5
- Albemarle County4
- Augusta County4
- Highland County4
- Nelson County4
- City of Staunton4
- City of Waynesboro4
- Bath County4
- Bedford County4
- Botetourt County4
- Franklin County4
- Henry County4
- Montgomery County4
- Patrick County4
- Roanoke County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Lexington4
- City of Martinsville4
- City of Roanoke4
- City of Salem4
- Smyth County4
- Tazewell County4
- Greene County3
- Madison County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- Campbell County3
- City of Lynchburg3
55 more counties
- Alleghany County3
- Craig County3
- Giles County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Pulaski County3
- City of Covington3
- City of Danville3
- City of Radford3
- Arlington County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Loudoun County2
- Orange County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Winchester2
- Halifax County2
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- King George County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Richmond1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- 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.