Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 667
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 4, 1999, 11:30 AM EDT for 29 counties in North Carolina; 30 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 1999, 11:30 AM EDT (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 1999, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 59 counties
Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 34 min |
| Sep 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 20 min |
| Sep 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton | 20 min |
| Sep 4, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Newport News | 19 min |
| Sep 4, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Portsmouth | 19 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 1999Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 1999Every tornado watch in 1999
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.