Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 440
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 24, 2014, 5:50 PM EDT for 19 counties in North Carolina; 17 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2014, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2014, 10:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 36 counties
Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Person County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Brunswick County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Greensville County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 10%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 50%
Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Wake | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, City of Suffolk | 43 min |
| Jul 24, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 72 min |
| Jul 24, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 41 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 24, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Craven, Cumberland, Dare, Duplin, Hyde and 6 more | 87 min |
| Jul 24, 4:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Vance, Warren | 94 min |
| Jul 24, 7:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe, Franklin and 9 more | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2014Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2014
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.