Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 606
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 16, 2007, 4:44 PM EDT for Calvert County, Charles County, Saint Mary's County, Maryland; 8 counties in North Carolina; 80 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2007, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2007, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 91 counties
Calvert County, MD, Charles County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Caswell County, NC, Granville County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Person County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC, Albemarle County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Augusta 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 Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Fairfax, 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 Martinsville, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greene County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Madison County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent 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, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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
- 40%
- 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
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene | 77 min |
| Aug 16, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell | 94 min |
| Aug 16, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 75 min |
| Aug 16, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Powhatan | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 79 min |
| Aug 16, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, King William | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, King William, New Kent | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Shenandoah | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Prince George's, Saint Mary's, Somerset and 1 more | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 2:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bedford and 70 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Bath, Craig, Giles, Highland, City of Covington | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, 2007Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2007
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.