Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2023
Flood Watches in Virginia, August 2023
5 flood watches in August 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- August 15, 20232 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 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:55 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 9 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:13 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Virginia Beach | 7 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:29 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 3 more | 19 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- Prince William County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- Loudoun County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Highland County1
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- 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.