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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 649

July 28, 20069 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 28, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT for 9 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2006, 7:50 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
1.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 128 counties

Capitol Planning Region, CT, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Berkshire County, MA, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Albany County, NY, Bronx County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York County, PA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, King George County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Orange County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
5%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

34 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Lebanon60 min
Jul 28, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill79 min
Jul 28, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region67 min
Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia62 min
Jul 28, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia53 min
Jul 28, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester56 min
Jul 28, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington53 min
Jul 28, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYBerkshire56 min
Jul 28, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot62 min
Jul 28, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean73 min
Jul 28, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXOrange, Putnam57 min
Jul 28, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex81 min
Jul 28, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess66 min
Jul 28, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXHampden, Hampshire55 min
Jul 28, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset47 min
Jul 28, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region47 min
Jul 28, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXKings, Queens, Richmond45 min
Jul 28, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery57 min
Jul 28, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region74 min
Jul 28, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester43 min
Jul 28, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May41 min
Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXGreater Bridgeport Planning Region25 min
Jul 28, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWicomico, Worcester44 min
Jul 28, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXCapitol Planning Region24 min
Jul 28, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region52 min
Jul 28, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXFranklin, Worcester70 min
Jul 28, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region28 min
Jul 28, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region49 min
Jul 28, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region46 min
Jul 28, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXMiddlesex68 min
Jul 28, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXEssex71 min
Jul 28, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXNorfolk74 min
Jul 28, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXSuffolk40 min
Jul 28, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXBristol51 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 11:53 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 28, 4:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min

Nearby

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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.