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Mesoscale Discussions in Virginia, May 2026
8 mesoscale discussions in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 27, 20263 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 10, 3:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Clarke and 33 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 5:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and 6 more | 65 min |
| May 20, 12:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 7 more | 97 min |
| May 20, 3:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun and 8 more | 96 min |
| May 21, 3:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte and 22 more | 113 min |
| May 27, 12:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox and 97 more | 119 min |
| May 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 66 more | 114 min |
| May 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta and 69 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fauquier County5
- Rappahannock County5
- Albemarle County4
- Alleghany County4
- Arlington County4
- Augusta County4
- Bath County4
- Fairfax County4
- Greene County4
- Highland County4
- Loudoun County4
- Nelson County4
- Page County4
- Rockbridge County4
- Rockingham County4
- Shenandoah County4
- City of Buena Vista4
- City of Charlottesville4
- City of Covington4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Harrisonburg4
- City of Lexington4
- City of Staunton4
- City of Waynesboro4
- Amelia County4
- Appomattox County4
- Campbell County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- Nottoway County4
- Prince Edward County4
- Prince George County4
- Surry County4
- Sussex County4
- City of Colonial Heights4
- City of Hopewell4
- City of Petersburg4
- Clarke County3
- Culpeper County3
- Frederick County3
79 more counties
- Madison County3
- Orange County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Warren County3
- City of Fredericksburg3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- City of Winchester3
- Brunswick County3
- Charlotte County3
- Franklin County3
- Greensville County3
- Halifax County3
- Lunenburg County3
- Mecklenburg County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- Southampton County3
- City of Danville3
- City of Emporia3
- City of Franklin3
- City of Martinsville3
- Amherst County3
- Bedford County3
- Botetourt County3
- Buckingham County3
- Charles City County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Craig County3
- Cumberland County3
- Henrico County3
- Isle of Wight County3
- James City County3
- Powhatan County3
- York County3
- City of Hampton3
- City of Lynchburg3
- City of Newport News3
- City of Norfolk3
- City of Poquoson3
- City of Portsmouth3
- City of Richmond3
- City of Virginia Beach3
- City of Williamsburg3
- Prince William County2
- Stafford County2
- City of Alexandria2
- Henry County2
- Patrick County2
- Caroline County2
- Essex County2
- Floyd County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Giles County2
- Gloucester County2
- Goochland County2
- Hanover County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Louisa County2
- Mathews County2
- Middlesex County2
- Montgomery County2
- New Kent County2
- Northampton County2
- Northumberland County2
- Pulaski County2
- Richmond County2
- Roanoke County2
- Westmoreland County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- City of Suffolk2
- Carroll County1
- Accomack County1
- Bland County1
- King George County1
Nearby
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.