Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 163
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 8, 2000, 3:45 PM EDT for 49 counties in North Carolina; 10 counties in South Carolina; 53 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2000, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 112 counties
Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Orange County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Lee County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, Accomack County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte 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 Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA
Warnings issued inside it
21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 19 min |
| Apr 8, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 33 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2000
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.