Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2018
Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2018
2 flood watches in May 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 May 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20181 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albemarle County1
- Amherst County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Culpeper County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- King George County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockbridge 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
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
34 more counties
- 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
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Williamsburg1
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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.