Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2022
Flood Watches in Virginia, August 2022
12 flood watches in August 2022. 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 August 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 12
- Busiest day
- August 10, 20225 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 12:20 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 20 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:15 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 days |
| Aug 5, 10:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:17 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:17 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 34 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 21 min |
| Aug 10, 3:05 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 19 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:07 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:53 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:15 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 36 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:43 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Tazewell and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Nelson and 9 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County4
- Dickenson County4
- Amherst County4
- Greene County4
- Madison County4
- Page County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Rockingham County4
- Warren County4
- Albemarle County3
- Augusta County3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Nelson County3
- Orange County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Winchester3
- Arlington County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Highland County2
- King George County2
- Loudoun County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Alleghany County2
- Bland County2
- Botetourt County2
- Craig County2
- Giles County2
67 more counties
- Tazewell County2
- City of Covington2
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Smyth County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Amelia County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Mathews 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 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
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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.