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Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, May 2023
7 mesoscale discussions in May 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 7
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 1:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Charlotte, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 3 more | 114 min |
| May 9, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 6 more | 83 min |
| May 13, 2:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Caroline and 30 more | 4 hr |
| May 16, 2:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson and 15 more | 116 min |
| May 16, 3:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 94 min |
| May 16, 7:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Halifax, Henry and 7 more | 115 min |
| May 16, 8:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 2 more | 85 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Halifax County5
- Mecklenburg County5
- Brunswick County4
- Charlotte County4
- Lunenburg County4
- Pittsylvania County4
- City of Danville4
- Greensville County3
- Nottoway County3
- Prince Edward County3
- City of Emporia3
- Henry County3
- City of Martinsville3
- Dinwiddie County2
- Campbell County2
- Carroll County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Grayson County2
- Patrick County2
- Pulaski County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Galax2
- Southampton County1
- Sussex County1
- City of Franklin1
- Amelia County1
- Appomattox County1
- Buckingham County1
- Caroline County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Louisa County1
23 more counties
- Powhatan County1
- Prince George County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Lynchburg1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Richmond1
- Bland County1
- Giles County1
- Montgomery County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Radford1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
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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.