Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Virginia, 2020
21 flood watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 21
- Busiest month
- February6 flood watches
- Busiest day
- February 5, 20204 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 3:26 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 39 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:46 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:23 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Culpeper, Fairfax and 16 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:45 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:35 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee | 36 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:55 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 12:59 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 47 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:23 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 39 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 39 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:44 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:21 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Culpeper, Greene, Highland and 13 more | 26 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:55 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell and 18 more | 26 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:56 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Charlotte, Franklin, Halifax, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Henry, Patrick and 5 more | 44 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:33 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 25 more | 32 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 24 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 25 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:37 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 10, 1:51 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Halifax, Henry and 8 more | 48 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:05 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 15 hr |
| Dec 15, 11:54 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 34 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County8
- Rockbridge County8
- Franklin County7
- Patrick County7
- Carroll County6
- Floyd County6
- Roanoke County6
- City of Galax6
- City of Roanoke6
- City of Salem6
- Grayson County5
- Henry County5
- City of Martinsville5
- Buchanan County4
- Dickenson County4
- Alleghany County4
- Bath County4
- Bedford County4
- Botetourt County4
- Craig County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Covington4
- City of Danville4
- City of Lexington4
- Albemarle County4
- Arlington County4
- Augusta County4
- Culpeper County4
- Fairfax County4
- Greene County4
- Madison County4
- Nelson County4
- Orange County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Staunton4
- City of Waynesboro4
82 more counties
- Bland County3
- Campbell County3
- Giles County3
- Halifax County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pulaski County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Radford3
- Fauquier County3
- King George County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Amelia County3
- Caroline County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Cumberland County3
- Essex County3
- Fluvanna County3
- Goochland County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Lancaster County3
- Louisa County3
- Middlesex County3
- New Kent County3
- Northumberland County3
- Nottoway County3
- Powhatan County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Richmond County3
- Westmoreland County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Richmond3
- Highland County3
- Page County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- Appomattox County2
- Buckingham County2
- Charlotte County2
- Accomack County2
- Brunswick County2
- Charles City County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Gloucester County2
- Greensville County2
- James City County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mathews County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Northampton County2
- Prince George County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Clarke County2
- Loudoun County2
- Lee County1
- Frederick County1
- City of Winchester1
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
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.