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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 418
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 13, 2015, 9:46 PM EDT for 20 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2015, 9:46 PM EDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 12:22 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- 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
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 64 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 13, 8:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 20 more | 84 min |
| Jul 13, 10:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland and 7 more | 86 min |
| Jul 14, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 73 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Arlington, Augusta and 72 more | 4 hr |
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.