River Flood Watches in Virginia
129 river flood watches since 1986. 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 river flood watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 129
- Busiest year
- 201833 river flood watches
- Average year
- 9over 14 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County63
- Warren County24
- Clarke County20
- Fairfax County20
- Culpeper County14
- Fauquier County13
- City of Fairfax9
- City of Fredericksburg8
- Stafford County7
- Spotsylvania County5
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County2
- Page County2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- Augusta County1
- Orange County1
- City of Staunton1
The latest river flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 4:09 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 18 hr |
| May 13, 4:09 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 21 days |
| May 13, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 62 hr |
| May 13, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 21 days |
| May 13, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 32 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.