Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Virginia, 2016
7 flood watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- February7 flood watches
- Busiest day
- February 15, 20162 flood watches
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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 2, 10:39 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:29 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 19 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:30 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:06 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 23 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:40 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Covington, City of Lexington | 27 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:19 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:21 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 33 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- Loudoun County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Rockbridge County3
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Covington2
- City of Lexington2
- Amherst County2
- Amelia County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
60 more counties
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Louisa County1
- New Kent County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Richmond County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- King George County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta 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.