Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2024
Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2024
6 flood watches in May 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 May 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- May 17, 20243 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:28 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 7, 9:17 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 45 hr |
| May 8, 2:28 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 30 hr |
| May 17, 4:22 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Culpeper, Greene, Highland and 13 more | 29 hr |
| May 17, 4:23 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 11 more | 28 hr |
| May 17, 4:39 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Louisa, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 2 more | 28 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Grayson County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Galax1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Culpeper County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Page County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Alleghany County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
18 more counties
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Halifax County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Danville1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Lynchburg1
- Amelia County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Louisa County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.