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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 426
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 25, 2012, 12:55 PM EDT for 5 counties in Maryland; 73 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2012, 12:55 PM EDT (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 6:37 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 78 counties
Dorchester County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Albemarle County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford 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 Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King George County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 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
- 10%
- 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
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Orange | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan and 1 more | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 2:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Henrico, Powhatan, Prince George and 3 more | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, James City, New Kent | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, Prince George, Surry | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, New Kent, Prince George and 4 more | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 6 more | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 2 more | 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 10:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Kent and 6 more | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 3:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Saint Mary's, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, 2012Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2012
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.