Alert archive / Virginia / Mesoscale Discussions / 2021
Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, March 2021
8 mesoscale discussions in March 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 8
- Busiest day
- March 18, 20213 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 18, 2:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, Tazewell, Washington and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 32 more | 63 min |
| Mar 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 28 more | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 11:00 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee, Scott, City of Bristol, City of Norton | 90 min |
| Mar 27, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Halifax, Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 1:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Amelia, Appomattox, Arlington, Brunswick, Buckingham and 66 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 2:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 5 more | 113 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County5
- City of Suffolk5
- Brunswick County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Greensville County4
- Isle of Wight County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Southampton County4
- Sussex County4
- City of Chesapeake4
- City of Emporia4
- City of Franklin4
- City of Norfolk4
- City of Portsmouth4
- City of Virginia Beach4
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Gloucester County3
- Henrico County3
- James City County3
- New Kent County3
- Nottoway County3
- Prince George County3
- Surry County3
- York County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Petersburg3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Williamsburg3
- City of Norton2
- Charlotte County2
- Halifax County2
- Mathews County2
- Northampton County2
- Amelia County2
- City of Richmond2
- Bland County1
46 more counties
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Russell County1
- Tazewell County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- Lee County1
- Scott County1
- City of Bristol1
- Accomack County1
- Appomattox County1
- Arlington County1
- Buckingham County1
- Caroline County1
- Culpeper County1
- Cumberland County1
- Essex County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- King and Queen County1
- King George County1
- King William County1
- Lancaster County1
- Louisa County1
- Middlesex County1
- Northumberland County1
- Orange County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince William County1
- Richmond County1
- Spotsylvania County1
- Stafford County1
- Westmoreland County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Fredericksburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
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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. Rebuilt daily.