Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 543
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 19, 2007, 2:07 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2007, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 145 counties
Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, 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, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden 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, Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, York County, PA, Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Highland County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Warren County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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
- 40%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Stafford | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Charles | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Saint Mary's | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Calvert | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico, King William and 6 more | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, Mathews and 9 more | 56 min |
| Jul 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Powhatan | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 3 hr |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 93 min |
| Jul 19, 10:09 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's | 96 min |
| Jul 18, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Erie | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Erie, Forest, McKean, Warren | 88 min |
| Jul 19, 7:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer | 90 min |
| Jul 19, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 8 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 97 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.