Alert archive / Virginia / Mesoscale Discussions / 2016
Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, August 2016
9 mesoscale discussions in August 2016. 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 August 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 9
- Busiest day
- August 16, 20162 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Frederick, City of Winchester | 95 min |
| Aug 6, 1:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 52 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 50 more | 92 min |
| Aug 16, 1:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 95 min |
| Aug 17, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Buchanan, Craig, Dickenson and 8 more | 95 min |
| Aug 17, 4:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 49 more | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 9:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Arlington, Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland and 3 more | 89 min |
| Aug 21, 1:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Culpeper and 41 more | 119 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County7
- City of Alexandria7
- Fairfax County6
- City of Fairfax6
- City of Falls Church6
- Fauquier County5
- Prince William County5
- City of Manassas5
- City of Manassas Park5
- Loudoun County5
- Culpeper County4
- Essex County4
- Fluvanna County4
- Greene County4
- Louisa County4
- Madison County4
- Middlesex County4
- Orange County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Richmond County4
- Spotsylvania County4
- Stafford County4
- Westmoreland County4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- Frederick County3
- City of Winchester3
- Albemarle County3
- Amelia County3
- Amherst County3
- Appomattox County3
- Augusta County3
- Buckingham County3
- Caroline County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Cumberland County3
- Goochland County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
52 more counties
- James City County3
- King and Queen County3
- King George County3
- King William County3
- Lancaster County3
- Nelson County3
- New Kent County3
- Northumberland County3
- Powhatan County3
- Rockingham County3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Richmond3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- Gloucester County2
- Page County2
- Prince George County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Clarke County2
- Craig County2
- Giles County2
- Highland County2
- Rockbridge County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Covington2
- City of Lynchburg2
- Accomack County2
- Bedford County1
- Botetourt County1
- Campbell County1
- Franklin County1
- Montgomery County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Tazewell County1
- Mathews County1
- Northampton County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Nottoway County1
- Sussex 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.