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Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, August 2017
13 mesoscale discussions in August 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 13
- Busiest day
- August 7, 20172 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 2, 1:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and 9 more | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 12:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 42 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Buckingham, Caroline, Charles City and 49 more | 118 min |
| Aug 11, 3:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 10 more | 87 min |
| Aug 12, 8:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | King George, Stafford, Westmoreland, City of Fredericksburg | 95 min |
| Aug 15, 12:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City and 24 more | 115 min |
| Aug 18, 1:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Madison and 7 more | 86 min |
| Aug 18, 8:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Henrico, James City and 11 more | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 8:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Winchester | 59 min |
| Aug 21, 2:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Arlington, Caroline, Chesterfield, Clarke, Culpeper and 31 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Lunenburg and 18 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Loudoun County7
- Arlington County6
- Clarke County6
- Fairfax County6
- Fauquier County6
- Prince William County6
- City of Alexandria6
- City of Fairfax6
- City of Falls Church6
- City of Manassas6
- City of Manassas Park6
- Warren County5
- James City County5
- Westmoreland County5
- City of Williamsburg5
- Culpeper County4
- Madison County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Accomack County4
- Charles City County4
- Essex County4
- Gloucester County4
- Greensville County4
- Henrico County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- King and Queen County4
- King William County4
- Lancaster County4
- Mathews County4
- Middlesex County4
- New Kent County4
- Prince George County4
- Richmond County4
- Southampton County4
- Surry County4
- Sussex County4
- York County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Colonial Heights4
- City of Emporia4
39 more counties
- City of Franklin4
- City of Hampton4
- City of Newport News4
- City of Norfolk4
- City of Petersburg4
- City of Poquoson4
- City of Portsmouth4
- City of Richmond4
- City of Suffolk4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- Stafford County4
- Frederick County3
- City of Winchester3
- Amelia County3
- Brunswick County3
- Caroline County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Hanover County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Northampton County3
- Northumberland County3
- Powhatan County3
- City of Hopewell3
- King George County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Nottoway County2
- Cumberland County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Goochland County2
- Louisa County2
- Buckingham County1
- Charlotte County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Page County1
- Orange County1
- Spotsylvania 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.