Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2009
Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2009
11 flood watches in May 2009. 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 May 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 11
- Busiest day
- May 5, 20094 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 2, 2:54 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Wise, City of Norton | 44 hr |
| May 3, 2:56 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 25 hr |
| May 3, 10:43 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 23 more | 13 hr |
| May 4, 8:51 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren and 4 more | 4 hr |
| May 5, 3:23 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 37 hr | |
| May 5, 3:29 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 31 hr |
| May 5, 3:56 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Craig, Giles, Smyth and 3 more | 42 hr |
| May 5, 4:58 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 37 hr |
| May 8, 3:57 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 38 hr |
| May 8, 3:51 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 18 more | 26 hr |
| May 26, 11:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Greene, Madison, Nelson and 6 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Alleghany County3
- Bath County3
- Bland County3
- Craig County3
- Giles County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Covington3
- Lee County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Botetourt County2
- Carroll County2
- Floyd County2
- Grayson County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Galax2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Amherst County1
- Bedford County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- City of Martinsville1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
20 more counties
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
- Arlington County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Rappahannock County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
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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.