Alert archive / Virginia / Mesoscale Discussions / 2018
Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, March 2018
3 mesoscale discussions in March 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 March 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 3
- Busiest day
- March 17, 20182 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 17, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 7:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth and 5 more | 114 min |
| Mar 20, 9:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 39 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Lee County2
- Russell County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Wise County2
- City of Bristol2
- City of Norton2
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Albemarle County1
- Alleghany County1
- Amherst County1
- Appomattox County1
- Augusta County1
- Bath County1
- Bedford County1
- Bland County1
- Botetourt County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Clarke County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Frederick County1
- Giles County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Madison County1
- Montgomery County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Patrick County1
- Pulaski County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Roanoke County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham 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.