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Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, August 2026

26 mesoscale discussions in August 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
26
Busiest day
August 10, 20264 mesoscale discussions

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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
Aug 2, 1:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 37 more2 hr
Aug 6, 1:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 25 more2 hr
Aug 6, 2:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford and 39 more114 min
Aug 7, 12:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 3 more2 hr
Aug 8, 3:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Essex and 23 more97 min
Aug 10, 12:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 10 more2 hr
Aug 10, 3:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Amherst, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell and 19 more2 hr
Aug 10, 3:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier and 17 more2 hr
Aug 10, 6:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAccomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 33 more92 min
Aug 11, 11:18 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Tazewell117 min
Aug 11, 2:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBland, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd and 18 more116 min
Aug 11, 5:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise and 2 more2 hr
Aug 11, 8:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLee, Scott2 hr
Aug 14, 2:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath and 47 more114 min
Aug 14, 6:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick and 30 more118 min
Aug 14, 7:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 34 more95 min
Aug 15, 1:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee, Russell, Scott and 6 more3 hr
Aug 16, 3:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Buckingham, Clarke and 21 more2 hr
Aug 16, 7:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmelia, Arlington, Buckingham, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 33 more60 min
Aug 17, 1:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and 7 more116 min
Aug 20, 1:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Fairfax, Goochland and 19 more2 hr
Aug 22, 2:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fluvanna and 23 more2 hr
Aug 22, 6:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 68 more2 hr
Aug 22, 7:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise and 2 more83 min
Aug 27, 1:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 17 more113 min
Aug 27, 7:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArlington, Loudoun, City of Falls Church94 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.