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Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, August 2025
3 mesoscale discussions in August 2025. 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 August 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 3
- Busiest day
- August 17, 20252 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 1, 2:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock and 5 more | 62 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- Loudoun County2
- Prince William County2
- Rappahannock County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Manassas2
- City of Manassas Park2
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Galax1
- City of Martinsville1
- Clarke County1
- Frederick County1
- Page County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Winchester1
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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.