Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Watches in 2009
Tornado Watch 121
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 6, 2009, 7:07 AM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina; 22 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2009, 7:07 AM EDT (11:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 28 counties
Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster 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), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 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
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 9:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 65 min |
| Apr 6, 10:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 43 min |
| Apr 6, 10:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 28 min |
| Apr 6, 10:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 38 min |
| Apr 6, 11:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin and 17 more | 83 min |
| Apr 6, 8:03 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 32 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 10:33 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 36 more | 57 min |
| Apr 6, 1:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 8 more | 67 min |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2009Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2009Every tornado watch in 2009
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.