Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Virginia, 2008
17 flood watches in 2008. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 17
- Busiest month
- December5 flood watches
- Busiest day
- December 11, 20083 flood watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 11:15 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 38 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:44 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 20 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:05 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 10 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:21 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 10 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:35 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 44 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:52 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell | 21 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:12 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 19 more | 27 hr |
| May 8, 3:19 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 19 more | 17 hr |
| May 10, 3:47 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 15 more | 25 hr |
| May 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 20 more | 46 hr |
| May 15, 4:06 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Greene, King George, Madison and 17 more | 26 hr |
| Nov 4, 4:01 AM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 17 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:30 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:30 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 28 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 10, 9:56 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:45 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 11 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:54 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig and 14 more | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County7
- Fairfax County7
- City of Alexandria7
- City of Fairfax7
- City of Falls Church7
- Culpeper County6
- Greene County6
- Madison County6
- Nelson County6
- Orange County6
- Page County6
- Rappahannock County6
- Rockingham County6
- Shenandoah County6
- Spotsylvania County6
- Stafford County6
- Warren County6
- City of Charlottesville6
- City of Fredericksburg6
- City of Harrisonburg6
- City of Staunton6
- City of Waynesboro6
- Clarke County5
- Frederick County5
- City of Winchester5
- King George County4
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Bland County2
- Alleghany County2
- Amherst County2
- Bath County2
- Botetourt County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Lexington2
- Grayson County1
65 more counties
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Franklin County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Accomack County1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Lancaster County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mathews County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.