Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2024
Flood Watches in Virginia, August 2024
10 flood watches in August 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 10
- Busiest day
- August 3, 20242 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 3, 3:34 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry and 4 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 17 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:04 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 29 more | 62 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:43 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 30 more | 3 days |
| Aug 7, 2:43 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more | 45 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:07 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 16 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:07 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 20 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:38 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna and 12 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 26 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:02 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Buckingham, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 1 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fairfax County4
- City of Fairfax4
- Amherst County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Appomattox County3
- Buckingham County3
- Arlington County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Falls Church3
- Loudoun County3
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Martinsville2
- Bath County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lexington2
- Amelia County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Cumberland County2
- Dinwiddie County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- Louisa County2
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Virginia Beach2
65 more counties
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Clarke County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Orange County2
- Page County2
- Prince William County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- Alleghany County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Brunswick County1
- Charles City County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- New Kent County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Caroline County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
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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.