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Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, March 2013
7 mesoscale discussions in March 2013. 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 March 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 7
- Busiest day
- March 6, 20132 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 10:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Clarke and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:25 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 36 more | 95 min |
| Mar 24, 11:53 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 7:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Highland, City of Covington | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:31 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 12 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bath County5
- Highland County5
- Shenandoah County5
- Alleghany County4
- Augusta County4
- Clarke County4
- Frederick County4
- Greene County4
- Page County4
- Rockingham County4
- Warren County4
- City of Covington4
- City of Harrisonburg4
- City of Staunton4
- City of Waynesboro4
- City of Winchester4
- Albemarle County3
- Arlington County3
- Culpeper County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Loudoun County3
- Madison County3
- Prince William County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Rockbridge County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Charlottesville3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Lexington3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Amherst County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Craig County2
- Giles County2
- Montgomery County2
- Nelson County2
26 more counties
- Roanoke County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Orange County1
- Amelia County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bland County1
- Buckingham County1
- Campbell County1
- Charlotte County1
- Cumberland County1
- Floyd County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Franklin County1
- Goochland County1
- Louisa County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Pulaski County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- Stafford 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.