Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2018
Flood Watches in Virginia, December 2018
8 flood watches in December 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 December 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- December 13, 20183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 County6
- Rockbridge County6
- Albemarle County3
- Arlington County3
- Augusta County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Greene County3
- Highland County3
- Loudoun County3
- Madison County3
- Nelson County3
- Orange County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- Warren County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- Appomattox County3
- Bedford County3
- Botetourt County3
- Buckingham County3
- Campbell County3
- Carroll County3
- Charlotte County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Grayson County3
- Halifax County3
- Henry County3
77 more counties
- Montgomery County3
- Patrick County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Pulaski County3
- Roanoke County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Danville3
- City of Galax3
- City of Lexington3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Martinsville3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Clarke County2
- Frederick County2
- King George County2
- Shenandoah County2
- City of Winchester2
- Wythe County2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Craig County2
- Giles County2
- City of Covington2
- 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
- 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
- Bland County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
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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.