Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Virginia, 2015
20 flood watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 20
- Busiest month
- April7 flood watches
- Busiest day
- March 2, 20152 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2:45 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:22 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 67 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 3 days |
| Mar 9, 2:22 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 48 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:39 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Craig, Giles, Tazewell and 1 more | 47 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 36 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:39 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Tazewell | 15 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 30 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:52 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Giles and 8 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:05 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Highland, Nelson, Rockbridge and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:42 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll and 18 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:10 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 26 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:56 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 11:59 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 51 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:34 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 59 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:53 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buckingham and 20 more | 46 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:40 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 49 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:09 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:00 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Patrick, Smyth and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:45 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County5
- Russell County5
- Scott County5
- Washington County5
- Wise County5
- City of Bristol5
- City of Norton5
- Buchanan County5
- Dickenson County5
- Tazewell County4
- Carroll County4
- Grayson County4
- Smyth County4
- Wythe County4
- City of Galax4
- Amherst County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Alleghany County3
- Bath County3
- Bland County3
- Craig County3
- City of Covington3
- Pulaski County3
- City of Radford3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Patrick County3
- Giles County2
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Highland County2
- Nelson County2
- Rockingham County2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Montgomery County2
- Roanoke County2
84 more counties
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Arlington County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Winchester1
- Accomack County1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Greensville County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa 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
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Martinsville1
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.