Alert archive / Virginia / Mesoscale Discussions / 2008

Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, August 2008

10 mesoscale discussions in August 2008. 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 mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.

Mesoscale Discussions by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
10
Busiest day
August 2, 20083 mesoscale discussions

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 1:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Clarke and 45 more57 min
Aug 2, 2:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrayson90 min
Aug 2, 7:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox and 118 more96 min
Aug 7, 5:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Caroline, Essex, Fairfax, King George, Richmond and 5 more63 min
Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack85 min
Aug 10, 4:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock, Warren, City of Winchester84 min
Aug 14, 6:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Arlington, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster and 5 more60 min
Aug 15, 12:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham and 38 more85 min
Aug 15, 3:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 34 more94 min
Aug 28, 2:56 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Mecklenburg, Southampton, Sussex and 5 more94 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

84 more counties

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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.