Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Watches in 2010
Tornado Watch 16
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 5, 2010, 9:12 PM EST for 19 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2010, 9:12 PM EST (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2010, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:40 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones and 4 more | 65 min |
| Feb 5, 11:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico and 2 more | 53 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.