Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Virginia, 2012
8 flood watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 8
- Busiest month
- March2 flood watches
- Busiest day
- March 2, 20122 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 10, 2:54 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Montgomery, Patrick and 8 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 29, 4:45 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Nelson, Page and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:59 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:53 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 18 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:23 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 39 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:37 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 34 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 5 more | 3 days |
| Oct 27, 4:39 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 15 more | 61 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Greene County3
- Page County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Winchester3
- Highland County2
- Nelson County2
- Rockingham County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Arlington County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Madison County2
- Orange County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
22 more counties
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Smyth County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Accomack County1
- Gloucester County1
- Lancaster County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northampton County1
- Northumberland County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- King George County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.