Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2021
Flood Watches in Virginia, February 2021
5 flood watches in February 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- February 27, 20213 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 17, 3:14 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton, Southampton and 11 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:09 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 63 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:11 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:23 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Highland | 47 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:46 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Giles and 13 more | 50 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Mathews County1
- Northampton County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Highland County1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe 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. Rebuilt daily.