Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2018
Flood Watches in Virginia, February 2018
7 flood watches in February 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 February 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- February 9, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County3
- Dickenson County3
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Amherst County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Albemarle County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
26 more counties
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham 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 Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
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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.