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Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, May 2019

28 mesoscale discussions in May 2019. 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 May 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
28
Busiest day
May 26, 20195 mesoscale discussions

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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
May 2, 3:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene and 20 more2 hr
May 3, 12:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll and 23 more2 hr
May 3, 4:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier and 17 more60 min
May 3, 6:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Winchester63 min
May 3, 8:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Frederick, Loudoun, City of Winchester61 min
May 4, 5:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Franklin, Halifax, Henry and 8 more84 min
May 5, 2:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 32 more117 min
May 12, 3:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 41 more113 min
May 17, 7:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 39 more113 min
May 17, 9:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 33 more66 min
May 19, 1:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Frederick, Greene and 15 more2 hr
May 23, 11:52 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClarke, Frederick, Loudoun, Warren, City of Winchester83 min
May 23, 3:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Albemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Culpeper, Essex and 32 more93 min
May 25, 5:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and 5 more62 min
May 26, 11:14 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex, Fairfax and 31 more3 hr
May 26, 1:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Buchanan, Dickenson, Giles, Tazewell, City of Covington96 min
May 26, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington and 77 more2 hr
May 26, 5:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex and 37 more2 hr
May 26, 6:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickenson, Lee, Wise, City of Norton2 hr
May 26, 10:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church and 2 more94 min
May 29, 2:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier and 15 more114 min
May 29, 6:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 43 more83 min
May 30, 12:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 19 more2 hr
May 30, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Giles, Lee, Russell and 3 more2 hr
May 30, 3:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, Westmoreland, City of Alexandria and 2 more64 min
May 30, 6:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaroline, Culpeper, Greene, King George, Louisa, Madison and 6 more55 min
May 31, 12:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Brunswick, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Floyd and 20 more113 min
May 31, 7:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt and 39 more83 min

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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.