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Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, August 2018

12 mesoscale discussions in August 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
12
Busiest day
August 21, 20184 mesoscale discussions

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 3:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAugusta, Bath, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Highland and 9 more3 hr
Aug 2, 11:46 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Caroline, Culpeper, Fairfax, King George, Louisa and 10 more119 min
Aug 11, 2:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrunswick, Greensville, Halifax, Mecklenburg, Pittsylvania, Southampton and 4 more3 hr
Aug 12, 2:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham and 38 more2 hr
Aug 13, 1:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 45 more3 hr
Aug 17, 3:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Buckingham and 37 more3 hr
Aug 18, 2:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Halifax, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg and 11 more3 hr
Aug 21, 2:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHighland119 min
Aug 21, 4:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Loudoun and 8 more2 hr
Aug 21, 5:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Buckingham and 43 more117 min
Aug 21, 7:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more84 min
Aug 30, 1:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 44 more86 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.