Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 451
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 8, 2006, 2:03 PM EDT for 35 counties in North Carolina; 22 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2006, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2006, 9:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 57 counties
Beaufort County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Bamberg County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
28 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 17 min |
| Jun 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Pamlico | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 19 min |
| Jun 8, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 21 min |
| Jun 8, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 42 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick and 44 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Chowan, Columbus, Craven and 27 more | 113 min |
| Jun 8, 7:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven, Duplin and 9 more | 97 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2006Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2006
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.