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Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, July 2018
10 mesoscale discussions in July 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 July 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 10
- Busiest day
- July 27, 20183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 72 min |
| Jul 11, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bedford and 66 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 2 more | 96 min |
| Jul 20, 10:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol | 53 min |
| Jul 22, 12:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Brunswick and 69 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex and 23 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Bath and 38 more | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 77 more | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Amelia, Arlington, Buckingham, Caroline and 52 more | 54 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Caroline County6
- Essex County6
- Hanover County6
- King and Queen County6
- King William County6
- Middlesex County6
- Orange County6
- Spotsylvania County6
- City of Fredericksburg6
- King George County6
- Albemarle County5
- Charles City County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Dinwiddie County5
- Fluvanna County5
- Gloucester County5
- Henrico County5
- James City County5
- Louisa County5
- New Kent County5
- Prince George County5
- City of Charlottesville5
- City of Colonial Heights5
- City of Hopewell5
- City of Petersburg5
- City of Richmond5
- City of Williamsburg5
- Lancaster County5
- Northumberland County5
- Richmond County5
- Westmoreland County5
- Arlington County5
- Culpeper County5
- Fairfax County5
- Prince William County5
- Stafford County5
- City of Alexandria5
- City of Fairfax5
- City of Falls Church5
- City of Manassas5
76 more counties
- City of Manassas Park5
- Clarke County4
- Amelia County4
- Buckingham County4
- Cumberland County4
- Goochland County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- Madison County4
- Nottoway County4
- Powhatan County4
- Southampton County4
- Surry County4
- Sussex County4
- York County4
- City of Newport News4
- Fauquier County4
- Frederick County3
- City of Winchester3
- Amherst County3
- Appomattox County3
- Augusta County3
- Botetourt County3
- Brunswick County3
- Charlotte County3
- Greene County3
- Greensville County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mathews County3
- Nelson County3
- Prince Edward County3
- Rockbridge County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Lexington3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Suffolk3
- City of Waynesboro3
- Accomack County3
- Loudoun County3
- Rappahannock County3
- Bedford County2
- Campbell County2
- Halifax County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Norfolk2
- City of Portsmouth2
- City of Roanoke2
- Lee County2
- Scott County2
- City of Bristol2
- Northampton County2
- Alleghany County2
- Bath County2
- Highland County2
- Page County2
- Rockingham County2
- Shenandoah County2
- Warren County2
- City of Covington2
- Franklin County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Russell County1
- Wise County1
- City of Norton1
- Washington County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Craig County1
- City of Salem1
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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.