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Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, May 2009

36 mesoscale discussions in May 2009. 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 May 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
36
Busiest day
May 9, 20096 mesoscale discussions

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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
May 1, 1:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield and 43 more117 min
May 4, 12:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 33 more57 min
May 4, 3:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCharles City, Chesterfield, Gloucester, Henrico, James City, Mathews and 15 more64 min
May 5, 7:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia, City of Franklin and 4 more65 min
May 5, 8:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 5 more62 min
May 6, 11:40 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrunswick, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg and 7 more2 hr
May 6, 7:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 38 more91 min
May 6, 10:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 54 more55 min
May 7, 12:10 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 56 more95 min
May 7, 5:17 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrunswick, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Floyd, Franklin, Greensville and 23 more118 min
May 7, 3:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 19 more117 min
May 7, 7:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 2 more57 min
May 7, 10:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach87 min
May 8, 6:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee, Russell and 8 more87 min
May 8, 8:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Giles, Grayson and 13 more90 min
May 8, 11:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBland, Buchanan, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles and 18 more53 min
May 9, 12:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Campbell, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield and 30 more84 min
May 9, 12:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell and 32 more118 min
May 9, 4:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline and 28 more90 min
May 9, 5:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 40 more62 min
May 15, 1:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLee63 min
May 16, 2:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 20 more24 min
May 28, 1:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLee62 min
May 28, 3:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick and 45 more56 min
May 28, 4:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and 6 more66 min
May 28, 7:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more56 min
May 29, 12:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex and 26 more55 min
May 29, 2:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrunswick, Charlotte, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 6 more23 min
May 29, 4:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Buckingham, Caroline, Culpeper and 35 more60 min
May 29, 6:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Campbell, Charles City, Charlotte and 37 more59 min
May 29, 6:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Buckingham, Caroline, Cumberland, Essex, Fairfax and 24 more55 min
May 30, 7:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Dickenson59 min
May 30, 9:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Dickenson67 min
May 30, 11:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Russell, Wise, City of Norton23 min
May 31, 2:54 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Bland, Buchanan, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte and 27 more2 hr
May 31, 2:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline and 39 more117 min

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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.