Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 453
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 2, 2012, 12:57 AM EDT for 29 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2012, 12:57 AM EDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 29 counties
Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- 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%
Warnings issued inside it
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 72 min |
| Jul 2, 1:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell and 1 more | 62 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Union | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 12:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 23 more | 96 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.