Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2020

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, August 2020

26 flash flood watches in August 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Flash Flood Watches
26
Busiest day
August 2, 20203 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 20 more7 hr
Aug 2, 4:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRNKAmherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buckingham and 28 more50 hr
Aug 2, 3:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 38 more43 hr
Aug 2, 3:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more45 hr
Aug 5, 10:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more25 hr
Aug 6, 10:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQCaroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Fluvanna, Gloucester and 22 more15 hr
Aug 7, 2:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQAccomack, Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 32 more19 hr
Aug 7, 3:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Culpeper, Fairfax and 22 more21 hr
Aug 11, 3:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more52 hr
Aug 12, 3:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQAmelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna and 13 more19 hr
Aug 12, 4:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRNKAmherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington19 hr
Aug 13, 1:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXShenandoah19 hr
Aug 13, 2:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more17 hr
Aug 13, 2:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 26 more21 hr
Aug 14, 3:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more41 hr
Aug 14, 1:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRLXBuchanan, Dickenson25 hr
Aug 14, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge and 5 more16 hr
Aug 15, 3:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 39 more33 hr
Aug 21, 4:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 22 more26 hr
Aug 21, 4:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge and 3 more24 hr
Aug 21, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, James City, New Kent and 7 more12 hr
Aug 22, 12:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRNKAlleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 2 more12 hr
Aug 22, 12:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge and 4 more12 hr
Aug 28, 2:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchRNKBland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Giles, Grayson and 7 more10 hr
Aug 28, 4:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 13 more11 hr
Aug 31, 3:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchRNKBedford, Campbell, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson and 10 more21 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.