Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 446
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 23, 2015, 12:58 PM EDT for 15 counties in North Carolina; 13 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2015, 12:58 PM EDT (16:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2015, 8:06 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 28 counties
Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pender County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 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
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 91 min |
| Jul 23, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 25 min |
| Jul 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Marion | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 37 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 23, 11:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bladen, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Greene and 16 more | 114 min |
| Jul 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Hoke, New Hanover and 4 more | 2 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.