Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Virginia, 2018
27 flood watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- December8 flood watches
- Busiest day
- February 9, 20183 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 11, 11:21 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 23 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:56 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 59 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:46 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 63 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:00 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:38 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:13 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 days |
| Feb 16, 1:34 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 30 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:24 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 22 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:52 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 48 hr |
| May 16, 1:40 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 3 days |
| May 17, 2:32 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 35 more | 51 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:11 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:03 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 14 more | 39 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:39 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 24 more | 27 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:21 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 20 hr |
| Nov 13, 3:25 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Charlotte, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Halifax and 6 more | 47 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:32 AM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 35 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:28 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:04 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 63 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:54 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 23 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:02 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 41 more | 47 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:48 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 59 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:27 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 27 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:00 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 52 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:16 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 34 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:41 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Culpeper, Fairfax and 22 more | 39 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County11
- Rockbridge County11
- Arlington County10
- Fairfax County10
- City of Alexandria10
- City of Fairfax10
- City of Falls Church10
- Culpeper County8
- Fauquier County8
- Greene County8
- Loudoun County8
- Madison County8
- Orange County8
- Page County8
- Rappahannock County8
- Rockingham County8
- Stafford County8
- Warren County8
- City of Harrisonburg8
- Albemarle County7
- Augusta County7
- Clarke County7
- Frederick County7
- Nelson County7
- Shenandoah County7
- Spotsylvania County7
- City of Charlottesville7
- City of Fredericksburg7
- City of Staunton7
- City of Waynesboro7
- City of Winchester7
- Buchanan County6
- Dickenson County6
- Carroll County6
- Floyd County6
- Grayson County6
- Patrick County6
- City of Galax6
- Highland County6
- Franklin County5
86 more counties
- King George County5
- Bedford County4
- Botetourt County4
- Montgomery County4
- Pulaski County4
- Roanoke County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Lexington4
- City of Radford4
- City of Roanoke4
- City of Salem4
- Charlotte County4
- Halifax County4
- Henry County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- City of Danville4
- City of Martinsville4
- Alleghany County3
- Bath County3
- Craig County3
- Giles County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Covington3
- Amelia County3
- Brunswick County3
- Caroline County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Cumberland County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Essex County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Gloucester County3
- Goochland County3
- Greensville County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
- James City County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Lancaster County3
- Louisa County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mathews County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Middlesex County3
- New Kent County3
- Northumberland County3
- Nottoway County3
- Powhatan County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Prince George County3
- Richmond County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Richmond3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Bland County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
- Accomack County1
- Northampton 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.