Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 669
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 5, 1999, 12:00 AM EDT for Saint Mary's County, Somerset County, Worcester County, Maryland; 10 counties in North Carolina; 30 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 1999, 12:00 AM EDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 1999, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties
Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Charles City County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Essex County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Howard, Kent, Montgomery and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 12 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Virginia, 1999Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 1999Tornado Watches in Maryland, 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.