Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2025
Flood Watches in Virginia, August 2025
5 flood watches in August 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- August 13, 20252 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, 12:34 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Bedford, Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 8 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:43 AM EDT | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:57 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 9 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:11 AM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Greensville, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, York and 8 more | 21 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greensville County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Brunswick County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Arlington 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.