Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Virginia, 2011
22 flood watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 22
- Busiest month
- March10 flood watches
- Busiest day
- March 8, 20114 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:50 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 24 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:34 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 43 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:55 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, City of Galax | 32 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:09 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:00 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 48 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:16 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 17 more | 43 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:43 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:03 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:01 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 days |
| Mar 8, 3:14 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 65 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:24 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:20 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 63 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:34 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna and 17 more | 59 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:58 AM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Nottoway, Powhatan and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:54 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester | 8 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 5 more | 44 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:51 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 21 more | 52 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 3 more | 38 hr |
| Nov 28, 11:42 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin and 13 more | 18 hr |
| Nov 28, 6:00 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Highland, Nelson, Rockingham, City of Charlottesville, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Dec 6, 8:24 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 29 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:06 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig and 9 more | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County5
- Clarke County5
- Frederick County5
- Highland County5
- Rockingham County5
- Shenandoah County5
- City of Harrisonburg5
- City of Staunton5
- City of Waynesboro5
- City of Winchester5
- Smyth County4
- Tazewell County4
- Carroll County4
- City of Galax4
- Nelson County4
- Page County4
- Warren County4
- City of Charlottesville4
- Amherst County4
- Bedford County4
- Botetourt County4
- Montgomery County4
- Roanoke County4
- Rockbridge County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Lexington4
- City of Roanoke4
- City of Salem4
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Lee County3
- Russell County3
- Scott County3
- Washington County3
- Wise County3
- City of Bristol3
- City of Norton3
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
70 more counties
- Fauquier County3
- Greene County3
- Madison County3
- Rappahannock County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- Alleghany County3
- Bath County3
- Craig County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Giles County3
- Patrick County3
- Pulaski County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Covington3
- City of Radford3
- Amelia County3
- Cumberland County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Goochland County3
- Nottoway County3
- Powhatan County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Bland County2
- Orange County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Gloucester County2
- James City County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Williamsburg2
- King George County1
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- Accomack County1
- Brunswick County1
- Greensville County1
- Northampton County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
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. Rebuilt daily.