Alert archive / Virginia / Mesoscale Discussions / 2021
Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, September 2021
10 mesoscale discussions in September 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 September 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 10
- Busiest day
- September 1, 20214 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 11:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Botetourt, Culpeper and 15 more | 89 min |
| Sep 1, 12:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun and 8 more | 86 min |
| Sep 1, 11:03 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Clarke, Culpeper and 32 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Essex, King George, Richmond, Westmoreland, City of Alexandria and 1 more | 118 min |
| Sep 8, 1:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester, Greensville and 33 more | 89 min |
| Sep 8, 10:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Loudoun, City of Falls Church | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 28 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 6:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:13 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Arlington, Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Fairfax and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Buckingham, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Greene and 10 more | 119 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County5
- City of Falls Church5
- Richmond County5
- Culpeper County4
- King George County4
- City of Alexandria4
- Essex County4
- Lancaster County4
- Middlesex County4
- Northumberland County4
- Westmoreland County4
- Nelson County3
- Fairfax County3
- Fauquier County3
- Loudoun County3
- Stafford County3
- City of Fairfax3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- Charles City County3
- Gloucester County3
- Hanover County3
- Henrico County3
- James City County3
- King and Queen County3
- King William County3
- Mathews County3
- New Kent County3
- City of Colonial Heights3
- City of Hopewell3
- City of Richmond3
- Albemarle County2
- Amherst County2
- Bath County2
- Botetourt County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Orange County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Buena Vista2
69 more counties
- City of Charlottesville2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Waynesboro2
- Prince William County2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Accomack County2
- Caroline County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- Prince George County2
- Surry County2
- York County2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Augusta County1
- Page County1
- Rockingham County1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Staunton1
- Clarke County1
- Warren County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Greensville County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- Powhatan County1
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Norfolk1
- City of Portsmouth1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- Alleghany County1
- Appomattox County1
- Bedford County1
- Campbell County1
- Carroll County1
- Charlotte County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Montgomery County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- Pulaski County1
- Roanoke County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Covington1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Martinsville1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Northampton County1
- Buckingham County1
- Louisa 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. Rebuilt daily.