Alert archive / Virginia / Mesoscale Discussions / 2015
Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, March 2015
5 mesoscale discussions in March 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 5
- Busiest day
- March 1, 20152 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 1, 3:26 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:43 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield and 34 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:58 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:55 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Bath and 57 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 6:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 3 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County3
- Fairfax County3
- Loudoun County3
- Prince William County3
- City of Alexandria3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Falls Church3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Caroline County2
- Cumberland County2
- Essex County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- King George County2
- King William County2
- Northumberland County2
- Richmond County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Albemarle County2
- Alleghany County2
- Augusta County2
- Bath County2
- Botetourt County2
- Clarke County2
- Craig County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fauquier County2
- Frederick County2
- Giles County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Madison County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
53 more counties
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Covington2
- City of Harrisonburg2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- City of Staunton2
- City of Waynesboro2
- City of Winchester2
- City of Danville1
- Amelia County1
- Brunswick County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- Henrico County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- Lancaster County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Amherst County1
- Buckingham County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Louisa County1
- Montgomery County1
- Nelson County1
- Orange County1
- Pulaski County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Radford1
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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.