Alert archive / Virginia / Mesoscale Discussions / 2008
Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, December 2008
4 mesoscale discussions in December 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 December 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 4
- Busiest day
- December 11, 20082 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 3:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Southampton and 13 more | 58 min |
| Dec 11, 3:57 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 11, 7:01 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia and 7 more | 89 min |
| Dec 20, 11:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 2 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greensville County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- Southampton County3
- Sussex County3
- City of Chesapeake3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- Brunswick County2
- Surry County2
- York County2
- City of Poquoson2
- Mecklenburg County1
- Northampton County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Arlington County1
- Clarke County1
- Fairfax County1
- Loudoun County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Manassas Park1
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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.