Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2020
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2020
5 flash flood watches in May 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 May 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- May 3, 20201 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, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, Highland and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 27 more | 3 days |
| May 21, 3:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 10 more | 15 hr |
| May 21, 8:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson and 13 more | 23 hr |
| May 27, 3:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 27 more | 23 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County3
- Bland County3
- Carroll County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Giles County3
- Grayson County3
- Henry County3
- Montgomery County3
- Patrick County3
- Pulaski County3
- Roanoke County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Galax3
- City of Martinsville3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Madison County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Warren County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Campbell County2
- Craig County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lexington2
18 more counties
- City of Lynchburg2
- Arlington County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Loudoun County1
- Orange County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta 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.