Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Watches
River Flood Watches in Virginia, 2024
32 river flood watches in 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 river flood watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 32
- Busiest month
- January14 river flood watches
- Busiest day
- August 8, 20249 river flood watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 10:30 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 34 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:46 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 24 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:16 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 18 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:16 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 20 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:20 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 13 hr |
| Jan 9, 5:29 PM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 5:50 PM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:43 PM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 13 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:30 PM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:04 PM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 22 hr |
| Jan 28, 9:19 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 11 hr |
| Jan 28, 9:19 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 32 hr |
| Jan 28, 9:19 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 24 hr |
| Jan 28, 10:02 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 19 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:23 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:23 AM EST | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 18 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 44 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 45 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:49 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 24 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:49 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 46 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:49 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Shenandoah, Warren | 30 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:49 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Page | 31 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:49 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 32 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:49 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Warren | 56 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:49 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 40 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:49 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Loudoun | 31 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:49 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Fairfax, City of Fairfax | 31 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:25 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 12 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:59 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 12 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:08 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 24 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:57 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Warren | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.