Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches / 2025
Flood Watches in Virginia, May 2025
11 flood watches in May 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 May 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 11
- Busiest day
- May 14, 20253 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 11, 2:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 19 more | 71 hr |
| May 12, 3:10 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 30 more | 47 hr |
| May 12, 3:08 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 41 more | 34 hr |
| May 14, 10:56 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig and 12 more | 8 hr |
| May 14, 11:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 27 more | 12 hr |
| May 14, 12:33 PM EDT | Flood Watch | AKQ | Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Fluvanna, Gloucester and 24 more | 8 hr |
| May 16, 9:08 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 19 hr |
| May 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 36 hr |
| May 20, 1:10 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Warren | 19 hr |
| May 21, 8:28 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Warren | 12 hr |
| May 29, 8:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 30 more | 27 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Amherst County5
- Rockbridge County5
- Greene County5
- Madison County5
- Page County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Rockingham County5
- Warren County5
- Albemarle County3
- Augusta County3
- Clarke County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Frederick County3
- Highland County3
- King George County3
- Loudoun County3
- Nelson County3
- Orange County3
- Prince William County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- City of Winchester3
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Patrick County2
- Roanoke County2
- City of Buena Vista2
74 more counties
- City of Lexington2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Arlington County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Falls Church2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Essex County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Henrico County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Louisa County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince George County2
- Surry County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Martinsville1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Greensville County1
- Lancaster County1
- Lunenburg County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Northumberland County1
- Nottoway County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Richmond County1
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Craig County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- City of Covington1
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Sources
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