Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2017
Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2017
5 flood watches in May 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- May 4, 20172 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 4, 11:48 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Nelson and 9 more | 23 hr |
| May 4, 2:57 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 19 more | 18 hr |
| May 11, 6:19 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 23 more | 30 hr |
| May 12, 12:37 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Craig, Giles, Grayson and 4 more | 13 hr |
| May 23, 3:22 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Halifax, Henry, Patrick and 7 more | 23 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County4
- Amherst County3
- Rockbridge County3
- Carroll County3
- Henry County3
- Patrick County3
- City of Galax3
- City of Martinsville3
- Bland County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Wythe County3
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Halifax County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Craig County2
- Giles County2
- City of Covington2
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Warren County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Harrisonburg1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.