Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 409
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 20, 2019, 1:49 PM EDT for 58 counties in North Carolina; 54 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2019, 1:49 PM EDT (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2019, 8:07 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 112 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Orange County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Appomattox 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 Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, 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, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King William County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Orange County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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
- 80%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
29 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 69 min |
| Jun 20, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Wake and 1 more | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wilson | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash, Warren | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore, Randolph | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Wake | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 53 min |
| Jun 20, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 21 min |
| Jun 20, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wayne, Wilson | 15 min |
| Jun 20, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell | 67 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 20, 12:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Bertie, Bladen, Cabarrus, Caswell and 42 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Columbus and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus and 33 more | 88 min |
| Jun 20, 7:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 10 more | 89 min |
| Jun 20, 4:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee | 88 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.