Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches / 2021
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, August 2021
19 flash flood watches in August 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 19
- Busiest day
- August 30, 20215 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 35 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 21 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico and 18 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 33 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 27 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover and 10 more | 25 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Culpeper, Fairfax and 24 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Buckingham | 13 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 36 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 17 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Warren | 7 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 48 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 58 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 62 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 60 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Culpeper, Fairfax and 19 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County7
- Arlington County7
- Fairfax County7
- Rockbridge County7
- City of Alexandria7
- City of Fairfax7
- City of Falls Church7
- Fauquier County6
- Greene County6
- Madison County6
- Page County6
- Rappahannock County6
- Rockingham County6
- Stafford County6
- Warren County6
- Albemarle County5
- Augusta County5
- Culpeper County5
- Loudoun County5
- Nelson County5
- Orange County5
- City of Charlottesville5
- City of Harrisonburg5
- City of Staunton5
- City of Waynesboro5
- Charles City County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Hanover County4
- Henrico County4
- King William County4
- New Kent County4
- Prince George County4
- City of Colonial Heights4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Petersburg4
- City of Richmond4
- Shenandoah County4
- Essex County3
- Gloucester County3
- James City County3
76 more counties
- King and Queen County3
- Lancaster County3
- Mathews County3
- Middlesex County3
- Northumberland County3
- Richmond County3
- York County3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Clarke County3
- King George County3
- Highland County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Amelia County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Greensville County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Westmoreland County2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Bedford County2
- Bland County2
- Botetourt County2
- Carroll County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Galax2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Frederick County2
- City of Winchester2
- Caroline County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Louisa County2
- Powhatan County2
- Accomack County1
- Brunswick County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Northampton County1
- Nottoway County1
- Buckingham County1
- Cumberland County1
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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. Rebuilt daily.