Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2019
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2019
6 flash flood watches in May 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 4, 20194 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 3, 4:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 5 hr |
| May 4, 3:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 30 hr |
| May 4, 4:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 15 more | 30 hr |
| May 4, 12:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 17 hr |
| May 4, 12:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 16 hr |
| May 12, 3:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Greensville, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, York and 8 more | 18 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- City of Winchester2
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Arlington County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Greene County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
Nearby
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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.