Alert archive / Virginia / Mesoscale Discussions / 2012
Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, February 2012
11 mesoscale discussions in February 2012. 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 February 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 11
- Busiest day
- February 24, 20126 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 12:47 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Campbell and 30 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 19, 6:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 32 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:00 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Scott, Wise, City of Norton | 2 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:05 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig and 21 more | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 12:00 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buckingham and 27 more | 60 min |
| Feb 24, 12:43 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 54 more | 92 min |
| Feb 24, 3:24 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buckingham and 25 more | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 4:45 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 38 more | 90 min |
| Feb 29, 12:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee | 2 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:23 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll and 23 more | 67 min |
| Feb 29, 4:34 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee | 116 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bedford County5
- Bland County5
- Botetourt County5
- Carroll County5
- Craig County5
- Floyd County5
- Franklin County5
- Giles County5
- Grayson County5
- Montgomery County5
- Patrick County5
- Pulaski County5
- Roanoke County5
- Smyth County5
- Tazewell County5
- Washington County5
- Wythe County5
- City of Galax5
- City of Radford5
- City of Roanoke5
- City of Salem5
- Henry County4
- City of Martinsville4
- City of Bristol4
- Appomattox County3
- Buchanan County3
- Campbell County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Russell County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Amelia County3
- Brunswick County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Gloucester County3
- Greensville County3
- Henrico County3
66 more counties
- Isle of Wight County3
- James City County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Middlesex County3
- New Kent County3
- Nottoway County3
- Prince George County3
- Richmond County3
- Southampton County3
- Surry County3
- Sussex County3
- York County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Richmond3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Lee County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- Dickenson County2
- Halifax County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Caroline County2
- Essex County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- Powhatan County2
- Scott County2
- Amherst County2
- Buckingham County2
- City of Covington2
- City of Lexington2
- Accomack County2
- Lancaster County2
- Mathews County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Charlotte County1
- City of Danville1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Culpeper County1
- Cumberland County1
- Fluvanna County1
- King George County1
- Louisa County1
- Madison County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Rockbridge County1
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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.