Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2025
Flood Watches in Virginia, February 2025
12 flood watches in February 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 February 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 12
- Busiest day
- February 7, 20254 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 1:50 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 23 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:42 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:07 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Giles, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 6 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:47 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 37 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:05 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 37 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:45 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Highland | 22 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:03 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 61 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:41 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 61 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:52 AM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 3 days |
| Feb 13, 2:06 PM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll and 18 more | 67 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:46 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 68 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:08 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Highland, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 58 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County5
- Dickenson County5
- Bland County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- City of Covington2
- Highland County2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Amherst County1
- Botetourt County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
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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.